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ETF comparison

EWG vs HEDJ

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Germany ETF · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
19.0 %

23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and HEDJ would leave roughly 19.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWG unmatched 80.5% Shared 19.0% HEDJ unmatched 78.1%

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.

In EWG only
31 positions
Shared
23 positions
In HEDJ only
107 positions

Side by side

EWG

iShares MSCI Germany ETF

iShares · International Developed

56 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$1.47B
TTM yield
2.03%
Top-10 conc.
62.4%
HEDJ

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

WisdomTree · International Developed

58 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.58%
Net assets
$1.75B
TTM yield
1.87%
Top-10 conc.
41.1%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
42
79
Tax efficiency
79
64
Liquidity
67
25
Concentration
56
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Tracking quality
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EWG sub-score HEDJ

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

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 the cost 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 SE 8.47%
  • Siemens Energy AG 7.37%
  • Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 3.48%
  • Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen 3.45%
  • Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2.96%
  • Deutsche Post AG 2.75%
  • Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft 2.73%
  • E.ON SE 2.40%
  • Mercedes-Benz Group AG 2.20%
  • RWE Aktiengesellschaft 2.02%

Only in HEDJ

107 total
  • ASML HOLDING NV 7.50%
  • BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA 6.34%
  • BANCO SANTANDER SA 4.84%
  • LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 3.96%
  • SANOFI SA 3.49%
  • L'OREAL SA 3.05%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA/NV 2.62%
  • SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.88%
  • ACS ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCION Y SERVICIOS SA 1.76%
  • TENARIS SA 1.48%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.