ETF comparison
EWG vs IEUR
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
53 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and IEUR would leave roughly 12.3% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEUR is 39 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $390/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 IEUR.
Top shared holdings
53 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In IEUR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 11.97% | 1.52% | 1.52% |
| 2 | SAP SE | 9.49% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 8.47% | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.37% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 6.21% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 6 | Infineon Technologies AG | 6.22% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 7 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 3.45% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | 2.96% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 9 | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 3.48% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 10 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.75% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 11 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 2.73% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 12 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 2.10% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
Only in EWG
1 total- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 0.24%
Only in IEUR
956 total- ASML Holding N.V. 4.00%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.29%
- Roche Holding AG 1.92%
- Novartis AG 1.79%
- Nestle S.A. 1.61%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.61%
- SHELL PLC 1.60%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 1.27%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.15%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.09%
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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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