ETF comparison
DBEF vs EWU
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
Holdings overlap
66 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EWU would leave roughly 13.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DBEF is 15 bps cheaper than EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for EWU.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with DBEF vs EWU.
Top shared holdings
66 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.45% | 10.06% | 1.45% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.26% | 8.98% | 1.26% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 1.06% | 7.51% | 1.06% |
| 4 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.68% | 4.71% | 0.68% |
| 5 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC | 0.56% | 4.20% | 0.56% |
| 6 | UNILEVER PLC | 0.56% | 3.83% | 0.56% |
| 7 | RIO TINTO PLC | 0.51% | 3.74% | 0.51% |
| 8 | BP PLC | 0.50% | 3.47% | 0.50% |
| 9 | GSK PLC | 0.46% | 3.21% | 0.46% |
| 10 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.38% | 2.64% | 0.38% |
| 11 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 0.36% | 2.55% | 0.36% |
| 12 | NATIONAL GRID PLC | 0.36% | 2.49% | 0.36% |
Only in DBEF
619 total- ASML HOLDING NV 2.82%
- ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.33%
- NOVARTIS AG 1.24%
- NESTLE' SA/AG 1.18%
- SIEMENS AG 1.05%
- BHP GROUP LTD 1.03%
- MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.90%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.89%
- SAP SE 0.85%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.81%
Only in EWU
6 total- WHITBREAD PLC 0.17%
- AUTOTRADER GROUP PLC 0.16%
- BARRATT REDROW PLC 0.15%
- Entain plc 0.14%
- JD SPORTS FASHION PLC 0.09%
- NMC HEALTH PLC 0.00%
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- DBEF vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 9.1%
- DBEF vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 8.8%
- DBEF vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 6.4%
- DBEF vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 5.8%
More comparisons with EWU
- EWU vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 13.4%
- EWU vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 13.4%
- EWU vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 13.0%
- EWU vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 12.8%
- EWU vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 12.7%
- EWU vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 11.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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