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  • ETF
  • DBEF
    Pricing Data
    $30.50
    Change: $0.37 (0.01%)
    Time: 02/15/19
    Previous Close: $30.13
  • Category
  • Foreign Large Cap Equities
  • ESG Score
  • Issuers
  • DWS
  • Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Currency-Hedged Equity Fund
Last Updated:

Profile

Vitals

Trading Data

Open: - Volume -
Day Lo - Day Hi -
  • 52 Week Lo: $27.07
  • 52 Week Hi: $31.98
  • AUM: $4,941.4 M
  • Shares: 162.8 M

Investment Themes

Historical Trading Data

  • 1 Month Avg. Volume: 1,642,817
  • 3 Month Avg. Volume: 1,968,042

Alternative ETFs in the Foreign Large Cap Equities Category

Type Ticker Expense Ratio Assets Avg. Daily Vol YTD Return
Cheapest SPDW 0.04% $4,211.0 M 2,113,032 8.70%
Largest (AUM) VEA 0.07% $69,172.5 M 23,170,744 8.87%
Most Liquid (Volume) EFA 0.31% $64,795.4 M 40,739,000 8.23%
Top YTD Performer ZCAN 0.14% $24.1 M 2,360 14.71%

Analyst Report

This ETF offers exposure to developed equity markets outside of the U.S., making DBEF one of many products offering exposure to an asset class that is often a core component of long-term, buy-and-hold portfolios. This fund is unique from other EAFE ETFs such as EFA and VEA because it hedges out the currency exposure that an investment in international equities entails. In addition to establishing a long position in international stocks, investors using most EAFE ETFs are also going long the currencies of the underlying stocks (including the euro, yen, Aussie dollar, and pound sterling) and short the U.S. dollar. DBEF uses short term forward contracts to neutralize the impact of exchange rate fluctuations, essentially isolating the performance of the developed market stocks as the driver of returns. While this difference may seem minor, the impact of currency movements on equities can be significant sources of return--both positive and negative--to U.S. based investors. Though DBEF's portfolio is nearly identical to those of VEA and EFA, the risk/return profiles of these products can vary significantly. Investors who expect the U.S. dollar to strengthen relative to its developed market rivals may prefer DBEF as the optimal means of establishing exposure to the EAFE region, as this fund should outperform EFA when the U.S. currency appreciates. Those with a bearish outlook for the greenback may prefer to leave currency exposure unhedged, utilizing a fund such as EFA instead. Those investors without a strong view in either direction might use a mix of both hedged and unhedged EAFE ETFs (eg 50% in DBEF and 50% in EFA). Given the broad focus of this ETF, DBEF might be very useful to those building a long-term portfolio; the EAFE region generally receives a big weighting in most portfolios. DBEF can also be useful for establishing a currency-neutral tactical tilt towards this corner of the global equity market. Note that WisdomTree's HEDJ also delivers currency hedged exposure to ex-U.S. developed markets; that ETF is linked to a dividend-weighted index, and as such might be appealing to those looking to steer clear of cap-weighted products.

Realtime Rating

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Realtime Rating Summary

The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for DBEF on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Foreign Large Cap Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.

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DBEF Overall Realtime Rating:

A+ Overall Rated ETF:

Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity A n/a
Expenses B+ n/a
Performance
Volatility
Dividend
Concentration

DBEF In-Depth Analysis

The following tables and charts contain in-depth metrics for this ETF and compare it to similar peer ETFs within its ETFdb.com Category.

DBEF Holdings

Filings Data as of: Feb 15, 2019

All 863 Holdings

Concentration Analysis

This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

Number of Holdings
Rank: 18 of 113
863
Category Low JPIH (2)
Category High IXUS (4452)
% Assets in Top 10
Rank: 38 of 113
13.91%
Category Low IDLB (1.84%)
Category High HEFA (100.00%)
% Assets in Top 15
Rank: 76 of 113
17.65%
Category Low IDLB (2.67%)
Category High HEFA (100.00%)
% Assets in Top 50
Rank: 84 of 113
34.61%
Category Low IDLB (8.01%)
Category High IDOG (100.26%)

Asset Allocation

Asset Percentage
Common equity 96.4%
ETF Cash Component 3.07%
Preferred stock 0.53%

Sector Breakdown

Sector Percentage
Financials 18.39%
Industrials 14.02%
Consumer, Non-Cyclical 11.27%
Healthcare 11.07%
Consumer, Cyclical 9.92%
Basic Materials 6.83%
Energy 5.78%
Technology 5.77%
Communications 5.0%
Utilities 3.58%
Real Estate 3.53%
ETF Cash Component 3.07%
Other 1.78%

Market Cap Breakdown

Market Cap Percentage
Large cap 85.38%
Mid cap 10.45%
ETF Cash Component 3.07%
Small cap 1.01%
Unknown 0.08%

Region Breakdown

Region Percentage
Europe 60.79%
Asia-Pacific 34.73%
North America 3.58%
Middle East 0.58%
Asia 0.32%
Latin America 0.02%

Market Tier Breakdown

Region Percentage
Developed Markets (ex-US) 95.98%
United States 3.58%
Emerging Markets 0.34%
Not-designated 0.11%

Country Breakdown

Country Percentage
Japan 23.3%
United Kingdom 14.58%
France 9.71%
Switzerland 8.96%
Germany 8.34%
Australia 6.56%
Netherlands 6.15%
United States 3.58%
Hong Kong 3.34%
Spain 2.89%
Sweden 2.42%
Italy 1.96%
Denmark 1.7%
Singapore 1.24%
Finland 1.23%
Belgium 0.87%
Norway 0.73%
Israel 0.55%
Ireland 0.51%
Luxembourg 0.31%
China 0.25%
Austria 0.24%
New Zealand 0.23%
Portugal 0.15%
Papua New Guinea 0.06%
Malaysia 0.04%
Liechtenstein 0.03%
United Arab Emirates 0.03%
Taiwan 0.02%
Mexico 0.02%
Macao 0.02%

DBEF Expenses & Fees

This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.

Expenses Ratio Analysis

ETF Average
0.546%
ETF Wtd. Average
0.21%
Category Average
0.42%
Expense Ratio
Rank: 44 of 113
0.35%
Category Low SPDW (0.04%)
Category High CIVEC (1.05%)

Commission Free Trading

This ETF is currently available for commission free trading on the following platforms: (E*TRADE)

Category Commission Free Trading

There are 13 other ETFs in the Foreign Large Cap Equities ETFdb.com Category that are also eligible for commission free trading:

DBEF ESG Themes and Scores
  • 6.6/10
    ESG Score
  • 84.25%
    ESG Score Global Percentile (%)
  • 74.22%
    ESG Score Peer Percentile (%)
  • ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
    Environmental Scores
    • Revenue Exposure to Environmental Impact (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Environment Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      6.64%

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Carbon Intensity
    • Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (Tons of CO2e / $M Sales)
      157.28

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Fossil Fuel Reserves
    • Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • High Impact Fossil Fuel Reserves (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Water Stress
    • Water Stress High Risk Business Segment (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress High Risk Geography (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Moderate (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure High (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Water Stress Exposure Low (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    Energy Efficiency
    • Revenue Exposure to Energy Efficiency (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Alternative Energy
    • Revenue Exposure to Alternative Energy (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Green Building
    • Revenue Exposure to Green Building (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Pollution Prevention
    • Revenue Exposure to Pollution Prevention (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Water Sustainability
    • Revenue Exposure to Water Sustainability (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
  • SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
    Social Scores
    • Revenue Exposure to Social Impact (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • Sustainable Impact Solutions (%)
      6.64%

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    • SRI Exclusion Criteria (%)
      11.96%

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Affordable Real Estate
    • Revenue Exposure to Affordable Real Estate (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Education
    • Revenue Exposure to Education (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Major Disease Treatment
    • Revenue Exposure to Major Disease Treatment (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Healthy Nutrition
    • Revenue Exposure to Nutrition (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Global Sanitation
    • Revenue Exposure to Sanitation (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    SME Finance
    • Revenue Exposure to SME Finance (%)

      Higher is better, no ESG score impact
    Human Rights Violations
    • Human Rights Norms Violation (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Human Rights Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Human Rights Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Labor Rights Violations
    • Labor Norms Violation (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Labor Norms Violation OR Watch List (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Severe Labor Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Customer Controversies
    • Severe Customer Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    UN Principles Violations
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Global Compact Compliance Violation OR Watch List (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Catholic Values
    • Catholic Values Fail (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Sharia Compliant Investing
    • Islamic Non-Compliant (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Adult Entertainment
    • Adult Entertainment Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Alcohol
    • Alcohol Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Gambling
    • Gambling Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Nuclear Power
    • Nuclear Power Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Tobacco
    • Tobacco Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Weapons Involvement
    • Weapons Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Controversies Weapons Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Firearms
    • Civilian Firearms Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Retailer (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    • Civilian Firearms Producer (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    Predatory Lending
    • Direct Predatory Lending Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
    GMO Involvement
    • Genetic Engineering Involvement (%)

      Higher is worse, no ESG score impact
  • RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE
    Responsible Governance Score
    • Severe Governance Controversies (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Board Flag
    • Board Flag (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Board Independence
    • Lack of Independent Board Majority (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (0-25%) (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (25-50%) (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (50-75%) (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    • Board Independence (75-100%) (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    Board Diversity
    • No Female Directors (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Three OR More Female Directors (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    • Females Represent 30% of Directors (%)

      Higher improves ESG score
    Entrenched Board
    • Entrenched Board (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Overboarding
    • Overboarding (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Shareholder Rights
    • Negative Director Votes (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Ownership AND Control Flag (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • One Share One Vote (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Annual Director Elections (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Does Not Use Majority Voting (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Significant Votes Against Pay Practices (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Fund Ownership
    • Controlling Shareholder (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Controlling Shareholder Concerns (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Cross Shareholdings (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Poison Pill
    • Poison Pill (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Executive Compensation
    • Pay Flag (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • No Pay Performance Link (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Lack of Internal Pay Equity (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    • Executive Pay Non-Disclosure (%)

      Lower improves ESG score
    Accounting Flags
    • Accounting Flag (%)

      Lower improves ESG score

DBEF Performance

This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peer group ETFdb.com Category.

1 Week Return
Rank: 11 of 112
2.76%
Category Low ECH (-1.11%)
Category High IVAL (3.83%)
4 Week Return
Rank: 25 of 111
3.04%
Category Low ECH (-0.81%)
Category High AFK (5.32%)
13 Week Return
Rank: 43 of 107
2.83%
Category Low PBDM (-0.73%)
Category High IPOS (9.01%)
26 Week Return
Rank: 38 of 103
-1.71%
Category Low PIZ (-9.03%)
Category High ROAM (5.41%)
Year to Date Return
Rank: 31 of 111
9.32%
Category Low HILO (3.47%)
Category High ZCAN (14.71%)
1 Year Return
Rank: 4 of 102
1.95%
Category Low KEMQ (-22.66%)
Category High FLQH (5.75%)
3 Year Return
Rank: 12 of 67
41.59%
Category Low ECON (17.78%)
Category High BICK (67.62%)
5 Year Return
Rank: 1 of 39
34.22%
Category Low AFK (-18.49%)
Category High DBEF (34.22%)

DBEF Fund Flows

This section compares the fund flows of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.

1 Week Fund Flow
Rank: 23 of 26
‑$71.3 M
Category Low VEU (‑$407.2 M)
Category High EFAV ($97.5 M)
4 Week Fund Flow
Rank: 56 of 62
‑$249.6 M
Category Low VEA (‑$1,314.1 M)
Category High EFAV ($277.2 M)
13 Week Fund Flow
Rank: 91 of 91
‑$506.6 M
Category Low DBEF (‑$506.6 M)
Category High EFAV ($1,715.0 M)
26 Week Fund Flow
Rank: 101 of 102
‑$718.7 M
Category Low EFA (‑$1,912.3 M)
Category High VEA ($3,449.8 M)
Year to Date Fund Flow
Rank: 71 of 76
‑$412.5 M
Category Low EFA (‑$1,883.6 M)
Category High VXUS ($540.8 M)
1 Year Fund Flow
Rank: 104 of 105
‑$1,490.7 M
Category Low EFA (‑$6,993.0 M)
Category High IEFA ($11,244.5 M)
3 Year Fund Flow
Rank: 106 of 106
‑$9,040.9 M
Category Low DBEF (‑$9,040.9 M)
Category High IEFA ($46,901.4 M)
5 Year Fund Flow
Rank: 8 of 107
$5,031.8 M
Category Low ECON (‑$814.7 M)
Category High IEFA ($56,183.3 M)

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Charts

The following charts can be customized to display historical performance in a number of different formats, including line charts, bar charts, and candlesticks. Time periods can be adjusted to increase or decrease the period shown, ranging from five minutes to several months.

The following chart also includes the option to compare the performance of DBEF relative to other ETFs and benchmarks or to include indicators such as Bollinger Bands, relative strength, and moving averages.

DBEF Valuation

This section shows how the P/E multiple of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

P/E Ratio
Rank: 42 of 110
12.84
Category Low UEVM (7.24)
Category High PIZ (24.04)

DBEF Dividend

This section shows how the dividend yield of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

Dividend
$0.60
Dividend Date
2018-12-19
Annual Dividend Rate
$0.90
Annual Dividend Yield
Rank: 43 of 112
2.97%
Category Low IQIN (0.07%)
Category High ESGN (9.03%)

DBEF Technicals

Volatility Analysis

This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.

5 Day Volatility
Rank: 29 of 111
104.81%
Category Low IDMO (6.55%)
Category High IDHQ (141.10%)
20 Day Volatility
Rank: 64 of 110
11.96%
Category Low HEWC (7.52%)
Category High BICK (20.66%)
50 Day Volatility
Rank: 26 of 107
17.00%
Category Low EFAV (10.86%)
Category High RFEM (24.67%)
200 Day Volatility
Rank: 57 of 104
16.09%
Category Low EFAV (11.17%)
Category High KEMQ (29.06%)
Beta
Rank: 61 of 105
0.75
Category Low FIDI (-1.87)
Category High IDMO (1.14)
Standard Deviation
Rank: 86 of 101
1.04%
Category Low FLQH (0.64%)
Category High RFEM (6.21%)

Technicals

  • 20 Day MA: $29.72
  • 60 Day MA: $29.09
  • MACD 15 Period: 0.64
  • MACD 100 Period: 0.95
  • Williams % Range 10 Day: 1.44
  • Williams % Range 20 Day: 1.02
  • RSI 10 Day: 72
  • RSI 20 Day: 64
  • RSI 30 Day: 59
  • Ultimate Oscillator: 64

Bollinger Brands

  • Lower Bollinger (10 Day): $29.52
  • Upper Bollinger (10 Day): $30.51
  • Lower Bollinger (20 Day): $28.98
  • Upper Bollinger (20 Day): $30.46
  • Lower Bollinger (30 Day): $28.32
  • Upper Bollinger (30 Day): $30.50

Support & Resistance

  • Support Level 1: $30.42
  • Support Level 2: $30.34
  • Resistance Level 1: $30.55
  • Resistance Level 2: $30.59

Stochastic

  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (1 Day): 53.67
  • Stochastic Oscillator %D (5 Day): 82.05
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (1 Day): 50.23
  • Stochastic Oscillator %K (5 Day): 72.50

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