ETF comparison
ACWXvsDFIV
Both International Total.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · Dimensional International Value ETF
Holdings overlap
327 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and DFIV would leave roughly24.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with ACWX vs DFIV.
Top shared holdings
327 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In DFIV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHELL PLC | 0.71% | 0.82% | 0.71% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.86% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 3 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.51% | 1.86% | 0.51% |
| 4 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.50% | 2.23% | 0.50% |
| 5 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.49% | 1.83% | 0.49% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.57% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 7 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 0.37% | 0.90% | 0.37% |
| 8 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 0.35% | 0.67% | 0.35% |
| 9 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.32% | 0.53% | 0.32% |
| 10 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 0.30% | 0.51% | 0.30% |
| 11 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.29% | 0.54% | 0.29% |
| 12 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 0.29% | 0.47% | 0.29% |
Only in ACWX
1,401 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited4.67%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.1.95%
- ASML Holding N.V.1.54%
- SK hynix Inc.1.33%
- Tencent Holdings Limited1.07%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC0.80%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited0.79%
- Roche Holding AG0.78%
- Novartis AG0.76%
- Nestle S.A.0.71%
Only in DFIV
240 total- SHELL PLC3.29%
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.65%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.21%
- BP P.L.C.1.19%
- Novartis AG0.68%
- UBS Group AG0.44%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft0.44%
- Amrize AG0.42%
- Banco Santander, S.A.0.40%
- BARCLAYS PLC0.25%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
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