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DBEF vs IEMG

International Developed vs International Emerging.

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and IEMG would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DBEF unmatched 97.1% Shared 0.0% IEMG unmatched 99.5%

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.

In DBEF only
685 positions
Shared
0 positions
In IEMG only
2,667 positions

Side by side

DBEF

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF

DWS · International Developed

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$9.25B
TTM yield
2.30%
Top-10 conc.
13.3%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$160.08B
TTM yield
2.37%
Top-10 conc.
34.0%

Sub-score comparison

65
Cost
91
78
Tax efficiency
76
99
Liquidity
100
95
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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DBEF sub-score IEMG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IEMG is 26 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 IEMG.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in DBEF

685 total
  • ASML HOLDING NV 2.82%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.45%
  • ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.33%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.26%
  • NOVARTIS AG 1.24%
  • NESTLE' SA/AG 1.18%
  • SHELL PLC 1.06%
  • SIEMENS AG 1.05%
  • BHP GROUP LTD 1.03%
  • MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.90%

Only in IEMG

2,667 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
  • SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.42%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%

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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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