EWG vs EZU overlap - what they share and where they differ

EWG and EZU share 25.5% of their weight across 52 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

EWG and EZU

25.5%

52 shared positions

EWG

iShares MSCI Germany ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 52 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 62.4%·Holdings of EWG

EZU

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF

Reported positions cover 99% of the fund, 220 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 28.1%·Holdings of EZU

Reported positions cover EWG 100%, EZU 99% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

EZU vs EWG side by side

EWGiShares MSCI Germany ETF

52

stock positions reported to the SEC

0.0% of its weight is in 0 names EZU does not hold

EZUiShares MSCI Eurozone ETF

220

stock positions reported to the SEC

73.7% of its weight is in 168 names EWG does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

EWG
EZU
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
9.7%
12.1%
Financial Services
3.0%
5.9%
Consumer Cyclical
3.5%
3.1%
Energy
0.0%
2.9%
Healthcare
1.9%
2.7%

The widest gap is Energy: EZU has 2.9 points more of it.

The figures side by side

EWGEZU
Filing dateMay 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported52220
Weight of the ten largest62.4%28.1%
Largest positionSIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 12.0%ASML 8.1%
Held alone0 positions, 0.0%168 positions, 73.7%
Covered by stock positions100%99%

Holdings they share

StockIn EWGIn EZUCounted
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT11.97%3.07%3.07%
SAPSAP SE9.49%2.43%2.43%
ALLIANZ SE8.47%2.17%2.17%
SIEMENS ENERGY AG7.37%1.89%1.89%
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG6.22%1.60%1.60%
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG6.21%1.59%1.59%
RHRheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft3.48%0.89%0.89%
MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT IN MUENCHEN3.45%0.88%0.88%
DBDeutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft2.96%0.76%0.76%
DEUTSCHE POST AG2.75%0.71%0.71%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in EWG

Nothing among its reported positions that the others do not also hold.

Only in EZU

ASMLASML Holding N.V.8.09%
SANBanco Santander, S.A.2.37%
TTETOTALENERGIES SE2.24%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE2.22%
IBERDROLA, S.A.1.88%
LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE1.75%
BBVABanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.1.72%
SAFRAN SA1.63%
AIRBUS SE1.60%
UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI1.56%

Questions people ask

Is EWG the same as EZU?

25.5% of their weight sits in the same 52 holdings. Among its reported positions, EWG holds nothing the other does not also hold. EZU also reports ASML, SAN, TTE, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between EWG and EZU measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of EWG and 99% of EZU, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, EZU or EWG?

EWG reports 52 stock positions and EZU reports 220. 0.0% of EWG's weight sits in names EZU does not hold, and 73.7% of EZU's weight in names EWG does not hold. The ten largest positions are 62.4% of EWG and 28.1% of EZU.

How do EWG and EZU differ by sector?

The widest gap is Energy: EZU has 2.9 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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