ETF comparison
EFG vs HEDJ
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
Holdings overlap
47 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EFG and HEDJ would leave roughly 22.8% 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
EFG is 24 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/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 EFG vs HEDJ.
Top shared holdings
47 shared in total| # | Holding | In EFG | In HEDJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 5.92% | 7.50% | 5.92% |
| 2 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.71% | 1.88% | 1.71% |
| 3 | SAP SE | 1.77% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 4 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.98% | 3.17% | 0.98% |
| 5 | Airbus SE | 1.29% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 6 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.87% | 0.88% | 0.87% |
| 7 | SAFRAN SA | 1.26% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.79% | 4.19% | 0.79% |
| 9 | L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE SA | 0.76% | 1.46% | 0.76% |
| 10 | ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA | 0.72% | 2.62% | 0.72% |
| 11 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.66% | 4.84% | 0.66% |
| 12 | L'OREAL SA | 0.65% | 3.05% | 0.65% |
Only in EFG
312 total- ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.38%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 1.94%
- UBS Group AG 1.56%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.55%
- ABB Ltd 1.43%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 1.41%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 1.39%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 1.34%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.34%
- Sony Group Corporation 1.26%
Only in HEDJ
83 total- BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA 6.34%
- SANOFI SA 3.49%
- BASF SE 1.94%
- DAIMLER TRUCK HOLDING AG 1.63%
- BMW - BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 1.53%
- DANONE SA 1.45%
- HEINEKEN NV 1.30%
- MAPFRE SA 1.21%
- KONINKLIJKE AHOLD DELHAIZE NV 1.14%
- AEGON LTD 0.98%
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- EFG vs EWJ · iShares MSCI Japan ETF 22.3%
- EFG vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 19.3%
- EFG vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 15.5%
- EFG vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 12.8%
More comparisons with HEDJ
- HEDJ vs EWG · iShares MSCI Germany ETF 19.0%
- HEDJ vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 17.3%
- HEDJ vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 17.2%
- 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%
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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