ETF comparison
DBEF vs VEA
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
657 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and VEA would leave roughly 65.7% 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
VEA 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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
657 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.82% | 2.36% | 2.36% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.45% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 3 | NOVARTIS AG | 1.24% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 4 | ROCHE HOLDING AG | 1.33% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.26% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 6 | NESTLE' SA/AG | 1.18% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 7 | SIEMENS AG | 1.05% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | SHELL PLC | 1.06% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.90% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 10 | TOKYO ELECTRON LTD | 0.66% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LTD | 1.03% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 12 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.81% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
Only in DBEF
28 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA 0.33%
- NEBIUS GROUP NV 0.21%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD 0.19%
- SEA LTD 0.15%
- ISHARES TRUST 0.12%
- AERCAP HOLDINGS NV 0.10%
- TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.07%
- STMICROELECTRONICS NV 0.06%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD 0.05%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LTD 0.04%
Only in VEA
3,205 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.63%
- Bank of Montreal 0.39%
- Enbridge Inc 0.37%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.35%
- Bank of Nova Scotia/The 0.33%
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 0.33%
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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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