ETF comparison
EWG vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWG and VGK would leave roughly 12.1% 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
VGK is 43 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWG | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 11.97% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 2 | Allianz SE | 8.47% | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| 3 | SAP SE | 9.49% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.37% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 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% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | 2.96% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 9 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.75% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 10 | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 3.48% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 11 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 2.73% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 12 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 2.10% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
Only in EWG
4 total- Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft 0.37%
- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft 0.31%
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.29%
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 0.24%
Only in VGK
1,178 total- ASML Holding NV 3.95%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Roche Holding AG 1.91%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
- Banco Santander SA 1.28%
- Schneider Electric SE 1.13%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.05%
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.04%
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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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