ETF comparison
DBEF vs SPDW
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Holdings overlap
660 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and SPDW would leave roughly 67.3% 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
SPDW is 32 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/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 SPDW.
Top shared holdings
660 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In SPDW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.82% | 2.28% | 2.28% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.45% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.26% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 4 | ROCHE HOLDING AG | 1.33% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 5 | NOVARTIS AG | 1.24% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 6 | NESTLE' SA/AG | 1.18% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 7 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.90% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 8 | SIEMENS AG | 1.05% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 9 | SHELL PLC | 1.06% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 10 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 0.66% | 0.67% | 0.66% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LTD | 1.03% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 12 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 0.81% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
Only in DBEF
25 total- NEBIUS GROUP NV 0.21%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS INC 0.14%
- ISHARES TRUST 0.12%
- TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.07%
- STMICROELECTRONICS NV 0.06%
- RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC 0.06%
- WH GROUP LTD 0.04%
- MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR SA 0.04%
- YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD 0.03%
- SITC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS COMPANY LTD 0.03%
Only in SPDW
1,768 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.96%
- SK hynix Inc 2.79%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.86%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.60%
- Shopify Inc 0.42%
- Bank of Montreal 0.38%
- Enbridge Inc 0.35%
- Bank of Nova Scotia/The 0.33%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.33%
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 0.32%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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