Which returned more over the last year, DBEF or SEIE?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBEF returned +18.5% and SEIE +18.9%.

Which is cheaper, DBEF or SEIE?

DBEF is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DBEF and SEIE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DBEF and 0% of SEIE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DBEF vs SEIE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DBEF and SEIE hold 41% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $9.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF, and $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI Select International Equity ETF.

DBEF costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points.

	DBEF	SEIE
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.50%
Net assets, DBEF as of Oct 9, 2026 and SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026	$9.2bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.5%	+18.9%
What it tracks	MSCI EAFE US Dollar Hedged Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	41%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.3%	13.0%
Below its high	3.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026	5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+18.5%

DBEF total return, 1 year

+18.9%

SEIE total return, 1 year

0.35%

DBEF expense ratio

0.50%

SEIE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DBEF and SEIE hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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41% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DBEF SEIE

ASML HOLDING NV 2.82% 1.61%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.45% 2.00%

NOVARTIS AG 1.24% 1.17%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.26% 0.97%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.33% 0.93%

BANCO SANTANDER SA 0.81% 0.83%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.78% 0.72%

SIEMENS ENERGY AG 0.66% 0.83%

LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 0.62% 0.67%

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA 0.59% 0.76%

SHELL PLC 1.06% 0.59%

SAFRAN SA 0.55% 0.57%

Only in DBEF

SIEMENS AG 1.05%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.03%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.89%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.81%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 0.79%

ALLIANZ SE 0.76%

ABB LTD (CH) 0.76%

TOKYO ELECTRON LTD 0.66%

Only in SEIE

HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC 0.46%

Games Workshop Group PLC 0.44%

Niterra Co., Ltd. 0.36%

NGK Corporation 0.36%

CONVATEC GROUP PLC 0.35%

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. 0.27%

BALFOUR BEATTY PLC 0.27%

TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 0.22%

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On the same fields

DBEF

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF

SEIE

SEI Select International Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Xtrackers SEI

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +18.5% +18.9%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.3 pts +1.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 677 342

Net assets, DBEF as of Oct 9, 2026 and SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026 $9.2bn $1.1bn

DBEF and SEIE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DBEF in plain words

DBEF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 677 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SEIE in plain words

SEIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 342 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DBEF or SEIE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBEF returned +18.5% and SEIE +18.9%.
Which is cheaper, DBEF or SEIE?: DBEF is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DBEF and SEIE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DBEF and 0% of SEIE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DBEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DBEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗SEIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SEIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗SEI website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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