ETF comparison
AVDV vs DFAI
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
1,286 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDV and DFAI would leave roughly 6.8% 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
DFAI is 18 bps cheaper than AVDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for AVDV.
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 AVDV vs DFAI.
Top shared holdings
1,286 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDV | In DFAI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takashimaya Co Ltd | 0.37% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 2 | Bankinter SA | 0.15% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 3 | Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd | 1.37% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | Phoenix Financial Ltd | 0.09% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 5 | ASR Nederland NV | 0.05% | 0.09% | 0.05% |
| 6 | Finning International Inc | 0.28% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 7 | Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd | 0.10% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Canadian Tire Corp Ltd | 0.16% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 9 | Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd | 0.29% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | St James's Place PLC | 0.10% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | Capital Power Corp | 0.25% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd | 0.56% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in AVDV
468 total- ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd 0.37%
- Constellium SE 0.32%
- Quilter PLC 0.28%
- Keller Group PLC 0.26%
- FIBI Holdings Ltd 0.23%
- Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Ltd 0.22%
- Aris Mining Corp 0.21%
- Firstgroup PLC 0.21%
- Yangzijiang Maritime Development Ltd 0.21%
- Paragon Banking Group PLC 0.20%
Only in DFAI
2,388 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
- Roche Holding AG 1.05%
- SHELL PLC 1.01%
- Nestle S.A. 0.84%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
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- DFAI vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 4.4%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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