ETF comparison
ACWX vs DFAX
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
Holdings overlap
1,587 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and DFAX would leave roughly 47.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAX is 4 bps cheaper than ACWX. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for ACWX.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with ACWX vs DFAX.
Top shared holdings
1,587 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In DFAX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.93% | 1.87% | 1.87% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 2.20% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.70% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 1.02% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 0.70% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 6 | Roche Holding AG | 0.83% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 7 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.48% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 8 | Allianz SE | 0.51% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.65% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 10 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.29% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 11 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.39% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 12 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.79% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
Only in ACWX
282 total- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.31%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.27%
- Investor Aktiebolag 0.20%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.20%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.17%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.12%
- GOODMAN GROUP 0.11%
- SEA LIMITED 0.11%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.10%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.10%
Only in DFAX
8,797 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.99%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- ASML Holding N.V. 0.62%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54%
- SHELL PLC 0.48%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.29%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.28%
- BP P.L.C. 0.25%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.22%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.20%
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- ACWX vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 86.4%
More comparisons with DFAX
- DFAX vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 46.6%
- DFAX vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 42.2%
- DFAX vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 38.9%
- DFAX vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 30.5%
- DFAX vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 27.0%
- DFAX vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 24.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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