ETF comparison
AVDEvsDFIC
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Equity ETF · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF
Holdings overlap
2,690 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and DFIC would leave roughly60.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFIC is 1 bps cheaper than AVDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 DFIC.
Top shared holdings
2,690 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In DFIC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 1.31% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 2 | Shell PLC | 0.83% | 0.89% | 0.83% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 0.54% | 0.78% | 0.54% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 0.94% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 5 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.81% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 6 | TotalEnergies SE | 0.46% | 0.82% | 0.46% |
| 7 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.49% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 8 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | 0.52% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 9 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.48% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 10 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.42% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 11 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.44% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 12 | BP PLC | 0.48% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
Only in AVDE
607 total- SoftBank Group Corp0.47%
- ING Groep NV0.41%
- GSK PLC0.39%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc0.35%
- Mizuho Financial Group Inc0.24%
- AerCap Holdings NV0.21%
- ORIX Corp0.19%
- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund0.14%
- 3i Group PLC0.12%
- Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd0.09%
Only in DFIC
1,330 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP2.72%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION0.56%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED0.42%
- RIO TINTO PLC0.36%
- ENI S.P.A.0.31%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.0.31%
- Sony Group Corporation0.29%
- BARCLAYS PLC0.23%
- GSK PLC0.23%
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA0.23%
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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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