ETF comparison
EWGvsHEDJ
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Germany ETF · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
Holdings overlap
23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and HEDJ would leave roughly19.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EWG is 9 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with EWG vs HEDJ.
Top shared holdings
23 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In HEDJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 11.97% | 4.19% | 4.19% |
| 2 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 6.21% | 3.17% | 3.17% |
| 3 | BASF SE | 2.66% | 1.94% | 1.94% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 9.49% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 5 | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft | 1.23% | 1.53% | 1.23% |
| 6 | Daimler Truck Holding AG | 1.13% | 1.63% | 1.13% |
| 7 | Infineon Technologies AG | 6.22% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 8 | Hannover Rueck SE | 0.82% | 0.94% | 0.82% |
| 9 | Siemens Healthineers AG | 0.69% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 10 | Heidelberg Materials AG | 1.49% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 11 | Continental Aktiengesellschaft | 0.46% | 0.57% | 0.46% |
| 12 | HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft | 0.44% | 0.90% | 0.44% |
Only in EWG
31 total- Allianz SE8.47%
- Siemens Energy AG7.37%
- Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft3.48%
- Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen3.45%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft2.96%
- Deutsche Post AG2.75%
- Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft2.73%
- E.ON SE2.40%
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG2.20%
- RWE Aktiengesellschaft2.02%
Only in HEDJ
107 total- ASML HOLDING NV7.50%
- BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA6.34%
- BANCO SANTANDER SA4.84%
- LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE3.96%
- SANOFI SA3.49%
- L'OREAL SA3.05%
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV2.62%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE1.88%
- ACS ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCION Y SERVICIOS SA1.76%
- TENARIS SA1.48%
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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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