ETF comparison
HEDJ vs VGK
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
126 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HEDJ and VGK would leave roughly 23.2% 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 52 bps cheaper than HEDJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $520/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
126 shared in total| # | Holding | In HEDJ | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 7.50% | 3.95% | 3.95% |
| 2 | SIEMENS AG | 4.19% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 3 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 4.84% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 1.40% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 5 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 1.88% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 6 | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA | 6.34% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 7 | AIRBUS SE | 0.97% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 8 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 3.96% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 9 | SAFRAN SA | 0.80% | 0.84% | 0.80% |
| 10 | DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG | 3.17% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 11 | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 0.88% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 12 | SANOFI SA | 3.49% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
Only in HEDJ
4 total- AMG CRITICAL MATERIALS NV 0.11%
- FERRETTI SPA 0.09%
- ACS ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCION Y SERVICIOS SA 0.03%
- VISCOFAN INDUSTRIA NAVARRA DE ENVOLTURA CELULOSICAS SA 0.01%
Only in VGK
1,102 total- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Roche Holding AG 1.91%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
- Allianz SE 1.18%
- TotalEnergies SE 1.05%
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.04%
- UBS Group AG 1.03%
- Iberdrola SA 1.02%
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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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