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 29.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 AG | 10.63% | 3.87% | 3.87% |
| 2 | SAP SE | 10.14% | 3.76% | 3.76% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 8.39% | 3.42% | 3.42% |
| 4 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 7.14% | 2.82% | 2.82% |
| 5 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.26% | 2.75% | 2.75% |
| 6 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen | 4.12% | 1.76% | 1.76% |
| 7 | Rheinmetall AG | 4.40% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 8 | Infineon Technologies AG | 3.40% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 9 | Deutsche Bank AG | 3.17% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 10 | Deutsche Boerse AG | 2.49% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 11 | BASF SE | 2.47% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 12 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.73% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
Only in EWG
38 total- E.ON SE 2.52%
- RWE AG 1.97%
- Heidelberg Materials AG 1.44%
- Commerzbank AG 1.44%
- Vonovia SE 1.24%
- Fresenius SE & Co KGaA 1.23%
- Daimler Truck Holding AG 1.16%
- MTU Aero Engines AG 1.12%
- Merck KGaA 0.94%
- Hannover Rueck SE 0.88%
Only in FEZ
34 total- ASML Holding NV 9.76%
- TotalEnergies SE 4.43%
- Banco Santander SA 3.49%
- Schneider Electric SE 3.31%
- Iberdrola SA 3.07%
- LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 2.90%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 2.61%
- Safran SA 2.58%
- Air Liquide SA 2.58%
- Airbus SE 2.37%
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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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