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ETF comparison

AVDE vs DFAI

Both International Developed.

Avantis International Equity ETF · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
55.9 %

2,632 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and DFAI would leave roughly 55.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVDE unmatched 43.3% Shared 55.9% DFAI unmatched 36.5%

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.

In AVDE only
664 positions
Shared
2,632 positions
In DFAI only
1,042 positions

Side by side

AVDE

Avantis International Equity ETF

Avantis · International Developed

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.23%
Net assets
$19.08B
TTM yield
2.84%
Top-10 conc.
7.0%
DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

Dimensional · International Developed

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$17.90B
TTM yield
2.45%
Top-10 conc.
9.2%

Sub-score comparison

77
Cost
82
77
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AVDE sub-score DFAI

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

DFAI is 5 bps cheaper than AVDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for AVDE.

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 AVDE vs DFAI.

Top shared holdings

2,632 shared in total
# Holding In AVDE In DFAI Overlap
1 ASML Holding NV 1.31% 1.63% 1.31%
2 Roche Holding AG 0.94% 1.05% 0.94%
3 Novartis AG 0.54% 0.67% 0.54%
4 Allianz SE 0.50% 0.59% 0.50%
5 AstraZeneca PLC 0.48% 0.81% 0.48%
6 Safran SA 0.52% 0.45% 0.45%
7 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.44% 0.55% 0.44%
8 Deutsche Telekom AG 0.49% 0.44% 0.44%
9 ABB Ltd 0.40% 0.38% 0.38%
10 BNP Paribas SA 0.42% 0.37% 0.37%
11 Advantest Corp 0.37% 0.54% 0.37%
12 Zurich Insurance Group AG 0.40% 0.35% 0.35%

Only in AVDE

664 total
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81%
  • BP PLC 0.48%
  • SoftBank Group Corp 0.47%
  • ING Groep NV 0.41%
  • GSK PLC 0.39%
  • Rio Tinto PLC 0.38%
  • Barclays PLC 0.38%
  • Lloyds Banking Group PLC 0.35%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.35%
  • NatWest Group PLC 0.25%

Only in DFAI

1,042 total
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
  • SHELL PLC 1.01%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
  • TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
  • TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%
  • Sony Group Corporation 0.54%
  • BP P.L.C. 0.50%
  • NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.47%
  • Banco Santander, S.A. 0.43%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.