---
ticker: "HDEF"
name: "Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/HDEF"
grade: "A"
score: 75
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "International Dividend Index"
category_rank: "5 of 35"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# HDEF: Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF

Grade **A**, Score 75 of 100. Rank 5 of 35 in International Dividend Index.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 90 | 4 of 35 |
| Mission | 84 | 20 of 29 |
| Risk | 64 | 8 of 35 |
| Tradability | 81 | 3 of 35 |
| Holdings | 30 | 28 of 33 |
| Durability | 66 | 10 of 35 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 112 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | SHEL.L | Shell PLC | 5.85% |
| 2 | ROP.SW | Roche Holding AG Part | 5.14% |
| 3 | NOVN.SW | Novartis AG-Reg | 4.73% |
| 4 | NESN.SW | Nestle SA-Reg | 4.50% |
| 5 | ALV.DE | Allianz SE-Reg | 4.34% |
| 6 | TTE.PA | Total SA | 4.17% |
| 7 | IBE.MC | Iberdrola SA | 3.61% |
| 8 | ULVR.L | Unilever PLC Npv | 3.26% |
| 9 | NOVO-B.CO | Novo-Nordisk B | 3.01% |
| 10 | D05.SI | DBS Group Holdings Ltd | 2.89% |
| 11 | BATS.L | British American Tobacco PLC | 2.71% |
| 12 | ZURN.SW | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 2.50% |
| 13 | SAN.PA | Sanofi-Aventis | 2.14% |
| 14 | NG.L | National Grid PLC | 1.85% |
| 15 | MUV2.DE | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Reg | 1.82% |
| 16 | O39.SI | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp | 1.81% |
| 17 | CS.PA | Axa SA | 1.78% |
| 18 | DHL.DE | Deutsche Post AG-REG | 1.41% |
| 19 | DG.PA | Vinci SA | 1.37% |
| 20 | SREN.SW | Swiss Re AG | 1.26% |
| 21 | 2914.T | Japan Tobacco Inc | 1.23% |
| 22 | VOLV-B.ST | Volvo AB-B SHS | 1.20% |
| 23 | DGE.L | Diageo PLC | 1.18% |
| 24 | 9434.T | Softbank Corp | 1.08% |
| 25 | RKT.L | Reckitt Benck Grp 10.416667P | 1.05% |
| 26 | TSCO.L | Tesco PLC | 1.02% |
| 27 | BN.PA | Danone SA | 1.01% |
| 28 | 6301.T | Komatsu Ltd | 0.97% |
| 29 | 7267.T | Honda Motor Co Ltd | 0.97% |
| 30 | 8750.T | Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc | 0.95% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/HDEF. Please cite the page URL.