ETF comparison
DBEF vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
671 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and IEFA would leave roughly 85.2% 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
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
671 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.82% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.45% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 3 | ROCHE HOLDING AG | 1.33% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 4 | NOVARTIS AG | 1.24% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 5 | NESTLE' SA/AG | 1.18% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 6 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.26% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.06% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 8 | SIEMENS AG | 1.05% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 9 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.90% | 0.93% | 0.90% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LTD | 1.03% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.89% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 12 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.81% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
Only in DBEF
14 total- ISHARES TRUST 0.12%
- TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.07%
- STMICROELECTRONICS NV 0.06%
- BMW - BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 0.02%
- EUREX DEUTSCHLAND 0.01%
- EUREX DEUTSCHLAND 0.01%
- EUREX DEUTSCHLAND 0.00%
- EURONEXT PARIS SA 0.00%
- ITALIAN DERIVATIVES MARKET 0.00%
- ICE FUTURES EUROPE 0.00%
Only in IEFA
1,942 total- TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.06%
- DIPLOMA PLC 0.05%
- BEAZLEY PLC 0.04%
- IMI PLC 0.04%
- KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 0.04%
- BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 0.04%
- WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.04%
- STOREBRAND ASA 0.03%
- Niterra Co., Ltd. 0.03%
- Mebuki Financial Group, Inc. 0.03%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with DBEF
- DBEF vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 75.2%
- DBEF vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 71.8%
- DBEF vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 69.3%
- DBEF vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 67.3%
- DBEF vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 65.7%
- DBEF vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 65.3%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 81.5%
- IEFA vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 76.4%
- IEFA vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 75.3%
- IEFA vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 75.2%
- IEFA vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 74.7%
- IEFA vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 63.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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