ETF comparison
AVEMvsDFAE
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
2,888 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVEM and DFAE would leave roughly55.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAE is 4 bps cheaper than AVEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for AVEM.
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 AVEM vs DFAE.
Top shared holdings
2,888 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVEM | In DFAE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 4.11% | 12.22% | 4.11% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc | 7.82% | 3.49% | 3.49% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.51% | 2.65% | 1.51% |
| 4 | China Construction Bank Corp | 0.88% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 5 | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.77% | 0.90% | 0.77% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc | 1.11% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 7 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 5.70% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 8 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.76% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 9 | PDD Holdings Inc | 0.70% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 10 | Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd | 0.49% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 11 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 0.81% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 12 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 0.45% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
Only in AVEM
1,026 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd6.33%
- Kia Corp0.34%
- Bajaj Finance Ltd0.22%
- Shriram Finance Ltd0.20%
- Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA0.17%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL0.12%
- Katilimevim Tasarruf Finansman AS0.12%
- Naspers Ltd0.12%
- Catcher Technology Co Ltd0.12%
- Orient Overseas International Ltd0.11%
Only in DFAE
3,422 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.4.35%
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.76%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited1.40%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.45%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.37%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED0.33%
- NETEASE, INC.0.28%
- KB Financial Group Inc.0.23%
- TRIP.COM GROUP LIMITED0.23%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.0.23%
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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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