ETF comparison
EWG vs FEZ
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Germany ETF · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF
Holdings overlap
17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and FEZ would leave roughly 28.6% 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
FEZ is 20 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/yr more in fees for EWG.
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 EWG vs FEZ.
Top shared holdings
17 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In FEZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 11.97% | 4.66% | 4.66% |
| 2 | Allianz SE | 8.47% | 3.56% | 3.56% |
| 3 | SAP SE | 9.49% | 3.06% | 3.06% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.37% | 3.05% | 3.05% |
| 5 | Infineon Technologies AG | 6.22% | 2.41% | 2.41% |
| 6 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 6.21% | 1.87% | 1.87% |
| 7 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 3.45% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | 2.96% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 9 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.75% | 1.14% | 1.14% |
| 10 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 2.10% | 1.07% | 1.07% |
| 11 | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 3.48% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| 12 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 2.73% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
Only in EWG
37 total- E.ON SE 2.40%
- RWE Aktiengesellschaft 2.02%
- COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft. 1.58%
- Heidelberg Materials AG 1.49%
- Daimler Truck Holding AG 1.13%
- MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien 0.99%
- MTU Aero Engines AG 0.99%
- Vonovia SE 0.95%
- Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 0.90%
- Hannover Rueck SE 0.82%
Only in FEZ
33 total- ASML Holding NV 10.39%
- Banco Santander SA 4.01%
- Schneider Electric SE 3.72%
- TotalEnergies SE 3.50%
- Iberdrola SA 3.10%
- Safran SA 2.88%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 2.78%
- LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 2.70%
- UniCredit SpA 2.67%
- Airbus SE 2.59%
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- EWG vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 12.3%
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- EWG vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 10.9%
More comparisons with FEZ
- FEZ vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 27.2%
- FEZ vs EFG · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF 24.8%
- FEZ vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 23.4%
- FEZ vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 23.3%
- FEZ vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 22.3%
- FEZ vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 21.8%
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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