ETF comparison
DFAE vs EMXC
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF
Holdings overlap
555 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and EMXC would leave roughly 58.8% 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
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
555 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In EMXC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 13.19% | 17.94% | 13.19% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 5.17% | 9.75% | 5.17% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.54% | 8.35% | 4.54% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.97% | 2.04% | 0.97% |
| 5 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 1.13% | 0.79% |
| 6 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.62% | 1.47% | 0.62% |
| 7 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.44% | 0.49% | 0.44% |
| 8 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.40% | 0.83% | 0.40% |
| 9 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.33% | 0.78% | 0.33% |
| 10 | AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC | 0.31% | 0.52% | 0.31% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.31% | 0.87% | 0.31% |
| 12 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.31% | 0.63% | 0.31% |
Only in DFAE
5,713 total- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.57%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.77%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.46%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.43%
- XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.41%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.39%
- PDD Holdings Inc. 0.39%
Only in EMXC
87 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.07%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.75%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.33%
- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 0.30%
- BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 0.26%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.26%
- SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 0.24%
- HonPrecision Inc 0.21%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.17%
- ITAUSA S.A. 0.14%
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- DFAE vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 35.2%
- DFAE vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 28.6%
- DFAE vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 28.3%
More comparisons with EMXC
- EMXC vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 57.7%
- EMXC vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 56.6%
- EMXC vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 50.1%
- EMXC vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 42.3%
- EMXC vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 34.2%
- EMXC vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 33.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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