ETF comparison
DFAE vs EEM
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
1,004 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and EEM would leave roughly 72.4% 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
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with DFAE vs EEM.
Top shared holdings
1,004 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In EEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 13.19% | 14.26% | 13.19% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 5.17% | 7.76% | 5.17% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.54% | 6.64% | 4.54% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.57% | 2.71% | 2.57% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.20% | 2.08% | 1.20% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.97% | 1.62% | 0.97% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 0.90% | 0.79% |
| 8 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.77% | 0.81% | 0.77% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.62% | 1.17% | 0.62% |
| 10 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.46% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 11 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.41% | 0.48% | 0.41% |
| 12 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.43% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
Only in DFAE
5,264 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.39%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.35%
- VALE S.A. 0.29%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.24%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.23%
- Gold Fields Limited 0.21%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.20%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 0.20%
Only in EEM
218 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.85%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.60%
- BAIDU, INC. 0.29%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.26%
- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 0.23%
- BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 0.21%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.21%
- SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 0.19%
- HonPrecision Inc 0.17%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.14%
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- DFAE vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 60.4%
- DFAE vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 58.8%
- DFAE vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 55.4%
More comparisons with EEM
- EEM vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 68.7%
- EEM vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 64.3%
- EEM vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 63.1%
- EEM vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 48.3%
- EEM vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 42.3%
- EEM vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 41.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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