ETF comparison
DFAE vs EMXC
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF
Holdings overlap
560 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and EMXC would leave roughly 56.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EMXC is 4 bps cheaper than DFAE. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for DFAE.
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 EMXC.
Top shared holdings
560 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In EMXC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.22% | 17.23% | 12.22% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 4.35% | 7.96% | 4.35% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 3.49% | 4.54% | 3.49% |
| 4 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 0.98% | 0.90% |
| 5 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.69% | 1.05% | 0.69% |
| 6 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.53% | 1.08% | 0.53% |
| 7 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.45% | 1.05% | 0.45% |
| 8 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.43% | 0.70% | 0.43% |
| 9 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.41% | 0.60% | 0.41% |
| 10 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 0.37% | 0.40% | 0.37% |
| 11 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.35% | 0.59% | 0.35% |
| 12 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.34% | 1.25% | 0.34% |
Only in DFAE
5,750 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.65%
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 1.76%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.40%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.78%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.64%
- PDD Holdings Inc. 0.52%
- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.47%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.46%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.44%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.42%
Only in EMXC
85 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.92%
- Nu Holdings Ltd 0.57%
- NASPERS LIMITED 0.49%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.47%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.38%
- BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 0.35%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.31%
- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 0.24%
- SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 0.23%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.22%
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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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