ETF comparison
AVDV vs DFIC
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF
Holdings overlap
1,332 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDV and DFIC would leave roughly 12.9% 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 14 bps cheaper than AVDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/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 DFIC.
Top shared holdings
1,332 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDV | In DFIC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd | 1.37% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 2 | Bankinter SA | 0.15% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 3 | Finning International Inc | 0.28% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 4 | Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd | 0.10% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 5 | Canadian Tire Corp Ltd | 0.16% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 6 | NKT A/S | 0.42% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 7 | Saipem SpA | 0.54% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 8 | Sandfire Resources Ltd | 0.19% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | Lion Finance Group PLC | 0.51% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 10 | Phoenix Financial Ltd | 0.09% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 11 | St James's Place PLC | 0.10% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | OceanaGold Corp | 0.62% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in AVDV
422 total- ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd 0.37%
- Constellium SE 0.32%
- Greggs PLC 0.30%
- Quilter PLC 0.28%
- 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 DFIC
2,705 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
- SHELL PLC 0.98%
- Novartis AG 0.76%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72%
- Roche Holding AG 0.63%
- Nestle S.A. 0.62%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%
- Allianz SE 0.48%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46%
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- DFIC vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 9.6%
- DFIC vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 8.6%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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