ETF comparison
DBEF vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
686 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and IEFA would leave roughly 82.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEFA is 28 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for DBEF.
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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
686 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.48% | 2.21% | 2.21% |
| 2 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.41% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 3 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.42% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 1.41% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 5 | NESTLE' CAPITAL MARKETS SA | 1.23% | 1.03% | 1.03% |
| 6 | Shell PLC | 1.03% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 7 | Siemens AG | 0.97% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 8 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 0.91% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. | 0.94% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 10 | BHP Group Ltd. | 0.93% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 11 | Toyota Motor Corp. | 1.02% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 12 | Banco Santander SA | 0.82% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
Only in DBEF
15 total- Roche Holding AG 1.47%
- DWS GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES PORTFOLIO DWS GOVERNMENT CASH INSTITUTIONAL SHARES 0.97%
- Ashtead Group PLC 0.13%
- iShares Trust 0.13%
- Toyota Industries Corp. 0.09%
- STMICROELECTRONICS NV 0.04%
- JDE Peets N.V 0.03%
- EUREX DEUTSCHLAND 0.02%
- ICE FUTURES EUROPE 0.02%
- EUREX DEUTSCHLAND 0.01%
Only in IEFA
1,935 total- Roche Holding AG 1.13%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.12%
- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. 0.07%
- Resonac Holdings Corporation 0.06%
- Mitsui Kinzoku Company, Limited 0.06%
- PLS GROUP LIMITED 0.06%
- DIPLOMA PLC 0.05%
- ENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD 0.05%
- BEAZLEY PLC 0.04%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.04%
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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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