ETF comparison
AVDEvsDFAI
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Equity ETF · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
2,649 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and DFAI would leave roughly56.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AVDE vs DFAI.
Top shared holdings
2,649 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In DFAI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 1.31% | 1.42% | 1.31% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 0.94% | 0.97% | 0.94% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 0.54% | 0.64% | 0.54% |
| 4 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.49% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 5 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.48% | 0.95% | 0.48% |
| 6 | TotalEnergies SE | 0.46% | 0.65% | 0.46% |
| 7 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.44% | 0.46% | 0.44% |
| 8 | Allianz SE | 0.50% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 9 | Safran SA | 0.52% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 10 | Advantest Corp | 0.37% | 0.49% | 0.37% |
| 11 | ABB Ltd | 0.40% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 12 | Fujikura Ltd | 0.35% | 0.51% | 0.35% |
Only in AVDE
648 total- Shell PLC0.83%
- HSBC Holdings PLC0.81%
- BP PLC0.48%
- SoftBank Group Corp0.47%
- ING Groep NV0.41%
- GSK PLC0.39%
- Rio Tinto PLC0.38%
- Barclays PLC0.38%
- Lloyds Banking Group PLC0.35%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc0.35%
Only in DFAI
1,081 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.51%
- SHELL PLC1.05%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC1.04%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.0.66%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION0.64%
- BP P.L.C.0.56%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED0.56%
- Sony Group Corporation0.48%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S0.44%
- SAP SE0.42%
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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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