ETF comparison
AVESvsDFAE
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
1,463 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVES and DFAE would leave roughly25.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAE is 7 bps cheaper than AVES. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for AVES.
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 AVES vs DFAE.
Top shared holdings
1,463 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVES | In DFAE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyundai Motor Co | 1.35% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 2 | Vale SA | 1.02% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 3 | Unimicron Technology Corp | 1.18% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 4 | Hana Financial Group Inc | 0.93% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 5 | Gold Fields Ltd | 0.30% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 6 | Elite Material Co Ltd | 0.55% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 7 | CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd | 1.00% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 8 | Standard Bank Group Ltd | 0.39% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 9 | Kuwait Finance House KSCP | 0.23% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | Emaar Properties PJSC | 0.52% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 11 | Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd | 0.48% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 12 | Larsen & Toubro Ltd | 0.22% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in AVES
420 total- Kia Corp0.99%
- Shriram Finance Ltd0.42%
- DL E&C Co Ltd0.31%
- XP Inc0.30%
- JD Health International Inc0.27%
- Advanced Info Service PCL0.26%
- Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co Ltd0.25%
- Bajaj Finance Ltd0.23%
- Power Finance Corp Ltd0.21%
- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund0.20%
Only in DFAE
4,847 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited12.22%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.4.35%
- SK hynix Inc.3.49%
- Tencent Holdings Limited2.65%
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.76%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited1.40%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.0.90%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.78%
- MediaTek Inc.0.69%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.64%
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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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