ETF comparison
DBEF vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
664 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and VT would leave roughly 19.0% 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
VT 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 VT.
Top shared holdings
664 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.82% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.45% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 3 | NOVARTIS AG | 1.24% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | ROCHE HOLDING AG | 1.33% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 5 | SHELL PLC | 1.06% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | NESTLE' SA/AG | 1.18% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 7 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.26% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 8 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.90% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 9 | SIEMENS AG | 1.05% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | BHP GROUP LTD | 1.03% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.89% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 12 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.81% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in DBEF
21 total- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD 0.19%
- SEA LTD 0.15%
- ISHARES TRUST 0.12%
- TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.07%
- STMICROELECTRONICS NV 0.06%
- SARTORIUS AG 0.03%
- DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG 0.03%
- HKT TRUST AND HKT LTD 0.03%
- PORSCHE AUTOMOBIL HOLDING SE 0.02%
- FUTU HOLDINGS LTD 0.02%
Only in VT
9,386 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
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More comparisons with DBEF
- DBEF vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 17.3%
- DBEF vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 16.8%
- DBEF vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 13.9%
- DBEF vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 10.0%
- DBEF vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 9.4%
- DBEF vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 9.1%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 18.7%
- VT vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 18.5%
- VT vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 15.0%
- VT vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 13.8%
- VT vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 13.5%
- VT vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 12.8%
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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