ETF comparison
HEDJ vs VEA
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
128 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HEDJ and VEA would leave roughly 12.0% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VEA is 55 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $550/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
128 shared in total| # | Holding | In HEDJ | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 7.50% | 2.36% | 2.36% |
| 2 | SIEMENS AG | 4.19% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 3 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 4.84% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 4 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.88% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 5 | SAP SE | 1.40% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 6 | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA | 6.34% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 7 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 3.96% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 8 | SAFRAN SA | 0.80% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 9 | AIRBUS SE | 0.97% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 10 | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 0.88% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 11 | DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG | 3.17% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 12 | SANOFI SA | 3.49% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
Only in HEDJ
2 total- AMG CRITICAL MATERIALS NV 0.11%
- FERRETTI SPA 0.09%
Only in VEA
3,734 total- 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%
- Shell PLC 0.67%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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