ETF comparison
AVDE vs DFIC
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Equity ETF · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF
Holdings overlap
2,686 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and DFIC would leave roughly 61.0% 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
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with AVDE vs DFIC.
Top shared holdings
2,686 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In DFIC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 1.31% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 2 | Shell PLC | 0.83% | 0.98% | 0.83% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 0.94% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 0.54% | 0.76% | 0.54% |
| 5 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.81% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 6 | Allianz SE | 0.50% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 7 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | 0.52% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 8 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.44% | 0.45% | 0.44% |
| 9 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.49% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 10 | BP PLC | 0.48% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 11 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.42% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 12 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.48% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
Only in AVDE
610 total- SoftBank Group Corp 0.47%
- ING Groep NV 0.41%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.35%
- Mizuho Financial Group Inc 0.24%
- AerCap Holdings NV 0.21%
- ORIX Corp 0.19%
- 3i Group PLC 0.12%
- Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd 0.09%
- Millicom International Cellular SA 0.08%
- ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd 0.07%
Only in DFIC
1,351 total- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.42%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.36%
- RIO TINTO PLC 0.34%
- Sony Group Corporation 0.31%
- ENI S.P.A. 0.28%
- BARCLAYS PLC 0.26%
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA 0.24%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.23%
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More comparisons with AVDE
- AVDE vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 55.9%
- AVDE vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 53.5%
- AVDE vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 49.6%
- AVDE vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 49.3%
- AVDE vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 49.1%
- AVDE vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 48.6%
More comparisons with DFIC
- DFIC vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 56.0%
- DFIC vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 55.5%
- DFIC vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 52.5%
- DFIC vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 51.7%
- DFIC vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 49.9%
- DFIC vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 48.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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