ETF comparison
DFAEvsEEM
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
999 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and EEM would leave roughly70.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAE is 43 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for EEM.
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 DFAE vs EEM.
Top shared holdings
999 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In EEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.22% | 14.26% | 12.22% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 4.35% | 7.76% | 4.35% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 3.49% | 6.64% | 3.49% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.65% | 2.71% | 2.65% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.40% | 2.08% | 1.40% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 1.17% | 0.90% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.78% | 0.81% | 0.78% |
| 8 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.69% | 1.62% | 0.69% |
| 9 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.53% | 0.90% | 0.53% |
| 10 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.52% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 11 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.45% | 0.66% | 0.45% |
| 12 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.43% | 0.50% | 0.43% |
Only in DFAE
5,311 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.76%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.64%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited0.46%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED0.42%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED0.33%
- VALE S.A.0.33%
- Gold Fields Limited0.26%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.24%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.24%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.0.19%
Only in EEM
223 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.85%
- SK Square Co., Ltd.0.60%
- Nu Holdings Ltd.0.35%
- NASPERS LIMITED0.32%
- BAIDU, INC.0.29%
- JD.COM, INC.0.27%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited0.26%
- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD0.23%
- BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED0.21%
- KIA CORPORATION0.21%
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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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