GQRE offers higher yields and stronger recent performance, while HAUZ provides a lower-cost, international-focused alternative for real estate diversification.
GQRE is a U.S.-focused global real estate ETF with a higher dividend yield and better one-year return but also a higher expense ratio.
HAUZ is a low-cost international real estate ETF with a lower fee but negative one-year return and lower dividend yield.
Prologis is a top holding in GQRE, providing exposure to global industrial real estate.
Welltower is a top holding in GQRE, focusing on healthcare real estate.
Equinix is a top holding in GQRE, specializing in data center REITs.
Goodman Group is a top holding in HAUZ, an Australian industrial real estate company.
Mitsubishi Estate is a top holding in HAUZ, representing Japanese real estate exposure.
Mitsui Fudosan is a top holding in HAUZ, another major Japanese real estate developer.
Investors weighing real estate exposure face a choice between the U.S.-heavy GQRE and the international-focused HAUZ. While GQRE has delivered superior one- and five-year returns and a higher dividend yield, HAUZ provides a significantly lower expense ratio for cost-conscious portfolios.
GQRE currently offers a higher trailing-12-month dividend yield of 4.34%, compared to 3.62% for HAUZ.
GQRE is primarily U.S.-focused with 64% of assets in American companies, while HAUZ excludes the U.S., concentrating on Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong.