ETF comparison
EWG vs IEUR
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
54 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and IEUR would leave roughly 12.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
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
54 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In IEUR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens AG | 10.63% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 2 | SAP SE | 10.14% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 8.39% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.26% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 7.14% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 6 | Infineon Technologies AG | 3.40% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 7 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen | 4.12% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 8 | Rheinmetall AG | 4.40% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 9 | Deutsche Boerse AG | 2.49% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 10 | BASF SE | 2.47% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 11 | Deutsche Bank AG | 3.17% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 12 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.73% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
Only in EWG
1 total- BlackRock Funds III 0.28%
Only in IEUR
957 total- ASML Holding N.V. 3.56%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.87%
- Roche Holding AG 1.82%
- Novartis AG 1.78%
- Nestle S.A. 1.66%
- SHELL PLC 1.64%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 1.17%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 1.14%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 1.11%
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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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