ETF comparison
HEDJ vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
124 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HEDJ and IEFA would leave roughly 15.4% 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
IEFA is 51 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $510/yr more in fees for HEDJ.
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 HEDJ vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
124 shared in total| # | Holding | In HEDJ | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 7.50% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| 2 | SIEMENS AG | 4.19% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 3 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 4.84% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 1.40% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 5 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.88% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 6 | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA | 6.34% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 7 | AIRBUS SE | 0.97% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 8 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 3.96% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 9 | SAFRAN SA | 0.80% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 10 | L'AIR LIQUIDE SA | 1.46% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 11 | L'OREAL SA | 3.05% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 12 | DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG | 3.17% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
Only in HEDJ
6 total- PUIG BRANDS SA 0.34%
- EBRO FOODS SA 0.33%
- PROSEGUR CASH SA 0.09%
- FERRETTI SPA 0.09%
- ACS ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCION Y SERVICIOS SA 0.03%
- VISCOFAN INDUSTRIA NAVARRA DE ENVOLTURA CELULOSICAS SA 0.01%
Only in IEFA
2,489 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.82%
- Allianz SE 0.74%
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More comparisons with HEDJ
- HEDJ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 13.5%
- HEDJ vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 12.7%
- HEDJ vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 12.3%
- HEDJ vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 12.0%
- HEDJ vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 10.7%
- HEDJ vs EFV · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF 10.5%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 13.9%
- IEFA vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 13.5%
- IEFA vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 12.7%
- IEFA vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 11.5%
- IEFA vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 9.0%
- IEFA vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 8.5%
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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