ETF comparison
ACWX vs DFIV
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · Dimensional International Value ETF
Holdings overlap
337 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and DFIV would leave roughly 24.7% 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
DFIV is 5 bps cheaper than ACWX. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 DFIV.
Top shared holdings
337 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In DFIV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.98% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 0.69% | 0.79% | 0.69% |
| 3 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.56% | 1.93% | 0.56% |
| 4 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.65% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 5 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.48% | 1.78% | 0.48% |
| 6 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.47% | 2.05% | 0.47% |
| 7 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 0.42% | 1.01% | 0.42% |
| 8 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.54% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 9 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.35% | 0.60% | 0.35% |
| 10 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 0.34% | 0.82% | 0.34% |
| 11 | BNP PARIBAS SA | 0.34% | 0.79% | 0.34% |
| 12 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 0.33% | 0.50% | 0.33% |
Only in ACWX
1,532 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.93%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 2.20%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.73%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.70%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 1.02%
- Roche Holding AG 0.83%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.79%
- Novartis AG 0.77%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.70%
- Nestle S.A. 0.70%
Only in DFIV
267 total- SHELL PLC 3.17%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.27%
- BP P.L.C. 1.01%
- Novartis AG 0.65%
- UBS Group AG 0.48%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 0.47%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.41%
- Amrize AG 0.34%
- BARCLAYS PLC 0.27%
- ArcelorMittal SA 0.20%
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- ACWX vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 71.3%
More comparisons with DFIV
- DFIV vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 24.7%
- DFIV vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 24.4%
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- DFIV vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 23.5%
- DFIV vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 22.7%
- DFIV vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 19.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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