ETF comparison
EFA vs HEDJ
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
Holdings overlap
70 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFA and HEDJ would leave roughly 17.2% 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
EFA is 26 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for HEDJ.
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 EFA vs HEDJ.
Top shared holdings
70 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFA | In HEDJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 2.90% | 7.50% | 2.90% |
| 2 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 1.10% | 4.19% | 1.10% |
| 3 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.93% | 4.84% | 0.93% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 0.87% | 1.40% | 0.87% |
| 5 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.84% | 1.88% | 0.84% |
| 6 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 0.72% | 6.34% | 0.72% |
| 7 | Airbus SE | 0.63% | 0.97% | 0.63% |
| 8 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.62% | 3.96% | 0.62% |
| 9 | SAFRAN SA | 0.61% | 0.80% | 0.61% |
| 10 | L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE SA | 0.57% | 1.46% | 0.57% |
| 11 | L'OREAL SA | 0.48% | 3.05% | 0.48% |
| 12 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.48% | 3.17% | 0.48% |
Only in EFA
604 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
- Roche Holding AG 1.39%
- Novartis AG 1.30%
- Nestle S.A. 1.17%
- SHELL PLC 1.17%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.17%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.95%
- Allianz SE 0.86%
Only in HEDJ
60 total- SAIPEM SPA 0.95%
- PIRELLI & C. SPA 0.61%
- ANDRITZ AG 0.55%
- GLANBIA PLC 0.49%
- SBM OFFSHORE NV 0.48%
- KONECRANES OYJ 0.45%
- ACERINOX SA 0.43%
- KONINKLIJKE VOPAK NV 0.40%
- CIE AUTOMOTIVE SA 0.37%
- ELECNOR SA 0.35%
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- EFA vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 9.8%
- EFA vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 9.4%
- EFA vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 8.9%
- EFA vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 6.6%
More comparisons with HEDJ
- HEDJ vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 16.9%
- HEDJ vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 16.9%
- HEDJ vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 16.8%
- HEDJ vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 16.2%
- HEDJ vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 15.4%
- HEDJ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 13.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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