ETF comparison
DBEF vs IPAC
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF
Holdings overlap
261 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and IPAC would leave roughly 33.0% 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
IPAC 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 IPAC.
Top shared holdings
261 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In IPAC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LTD | 1.03% | 2.32% | 1.03% |
| 2 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.90% | 2.58% | 0.90% |
| 3 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.89% | 2.27% | 0.89% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 0.81% | 1.94% | 0.81% |
| 5 | SOFTBANK GROUP CORP | 0.79% | 1.25% | 0.79% |
| 6 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 0.66% | 1.62% | 0.66% |
| 7 | HITACHI LTD | 0.65% | 1.57% | 0.65% |
| 8 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.60% | 1.69% | 0.60% |
| 9 | KIOXIA HOLDINGS CORP | 0.58% | 0.95% | 0.58% |
| 10 | SONY GROUP CORP | 0.57% | 1.48% | 0.57% |
| 11 | ADVANTEST CORP | 0.54% | 1.57% | 0.54% |
| 12 | AIA GROUP LTD | 0.50% | 1.15% | 0.50% |
Only in DBEF
424 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%
- SAP SE 0.85%
- BANCO SANTANDER SA 0.81%
Only in IPAC
1,109 total- BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 0.11%
- KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 0.11%
- Niterra Co., Ltd. 0.10%
- ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0.09%
- Shizuoka Financial Group, Inc. 0.09%
- NGK Corporation 0.08%
- ORICA LIMITED 0.08%
- ALS LIMITED 0.08%
- FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES LTD. 0.08%
- TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 0.08%
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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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