International Real Estate ETFs Can Be Like Apples and Oranges | Page 2 of 2 | ETF Trends

Both ETFs share the same top holding, and the top three countries allocated, but DRW has 192 components, while the largest five holdings make up 28.8% of the fund. PRY  has 146 components, with the five largest holdings making up 23.9% of the ETF.

Australia, Hong Kong and Japan make up the  top countries represented in each fund, with different percentages given to each country, depending on the fund.

Year-to-date, PRY is down 13.5% while DRW is down 14.2%. Interestingly, some of the domestic real estate ETFs have been doing better year-to-date, although they’re down, too.

When the global real estate market rights itself, other ETFs that can take you abroad are:

  • SPDR Dow Jones Wilshire International Real Estate (RWX), down 14.7% year-to-date
  • iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-US Fund (IFGL), down 18% year-to-date
  • iShares S&P World ex-US Property Index Fund (WPS), down 17.9% year-to-date