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EWG vs SCZ

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Germany ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and SCZ would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWG unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.1% SCZ unmatched 99.2%

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
53 positions
Shared
1 positions
In SCZ only
2,053 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
2.02%
Top-10 conc.
62.4%
SCZ

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

iShares · International Developed

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$12.79B
TTM yield
3.22%
Top-10 conc.
2.7%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
60
79
Tax efficiency
77
64
Liquidity
100
25
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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EWG sub-score SCZ

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

Cost difference

SCZ is 9 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 SCZ.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In EWG In SCZ Overlap
1 LEG Immobilien SE 0.25% 0.13% 0.13%

Only in EWG

53 total
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 11.97%
  • SAP SE 9.49%
  • Allianz SE 8.47%
  • Siemens Energy AG 7.37%
  • Infineon Technologies AG 6.22%
  • Deutsche Telekom AG 6.21%
  • Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 3.48%
  • Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen 3.45%
  • Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2.96%
  • Deutsche Post AG 2.75%

Only in SCZ

2,053 total
  • DIPLOMA PLC 0.37%
  • BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 0.28%
  • BEAZLEY PLC 0.28%
  • KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 0.28%
  • IMI PLC 0.27%
  • WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.26%
  • Niterra Co., Ltd. 0.24%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
  • STOREBRAND ASA 0.24%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%

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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/.

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.