ETF comparison
EWG vs VEA
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Germany ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
51 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and VEA would leave roughly 5.8% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 46 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
51 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 11.97% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 2 | Allianz SE | 8.47% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 3 | SAP SE | 9.49% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.37% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 5 | Infineon Technologies AG | 6.22% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 6 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 6.21% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 7 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 3.45% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | 2.96% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.75% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 2.10% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 11 | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 3.48% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 2.73% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in EWG
3 total- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.37%
- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft 0.31%
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.29%
Only in VEA
3,811 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
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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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