ETF comparison
DBEF vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
395 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and VGK would leave roughly 59.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGK is 29 bps cheaper than DBEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
395 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.48% | 3.61% | 2.48% |
| 2 | AstraZeneca PLC | 1.42% | 1.83% | 1.42% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 1.41% | 1.83% | 1.41% |
| 4 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 1.41% | 2.03% | 1.41% |
| 5 | NESTLE' CAPITAL MARKETS SA | 1.23% | 1.68% | 1.23% |
| 6 | Siemens AG | 0.97% | 1.40% | 0.97% |
| 7 | SAP SE | 0.92% | 1.11% | 0.92% |
| 8 | Banco Santander SA | 0.82% | 1.15% | 0.82% |
| 9 | Schneider Electric SE | 0.79% | 1.11% | 0.79% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.75% | 1.12% | 0.75% |
| 11 | Unilever PLC | 0.70% | 0.81% | 0.70% |
| 12 | LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | 0.70% | 0.88% | 0.70% |
Only in DBEF
306 total- Roche Holding AG 1.47%
- Toyota Motor Corp. 1.02%
- DWS GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES PORTFOLIO DWS GOVERNMENT CASH INSTITUTIONAL SHARES 0.97%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 0.94%
- BHP Group Ltd. 0.93%
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.91%
- Hitachi Ltd. 0.67%
- Sony Group Corp. 0.63%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 0.62%
- Advantest Corp. 0.58%
Only in VGK
830 total- Roche Holding AG 1.84%
- Air Liquide SA 0.48%
- L'Oreal SA 0.35%
- Engie SA 0.21%
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.20%
- Amrize Ltd 0.18%
- Sampo Oyj 0.15%
- Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 0.14%
- ORLEN SA 0.14%
- Investor AB 0.14%
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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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