ETF comparison
DFAE vs EPI
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · WisdomTree India Earnings Fund
Holdings overlap
520 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and EPI would leave roughly 10.9% 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 55 bps cheaper than EPI. On a $100,000 position that's about $550/yr more in fees for EPI.
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 EPI.
Top shared holdings
520 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In EPI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.44% | 1.42% | 0.44% |
| 2 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.40% | 6.74% | 0.40% |
| 3 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.31% | 5.13% | 0.31% |
| 4 | MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED | 0.25% | 1.53% | 0.25% |
| 5 | AXIS BANK LIMITED | 0.20% | 1.69% | 0.20% |
| 6 | LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED | 0.18% | 1.33% | 0.18% |
| 7 | TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED | 0.16% | 1.11% | 0.16% |
| 8 | TATA STEEL LIMITED | 0.15% | 1.58% | 0.15% |
| 9 | HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.15% | 2.41% | 0.15% |
| 10 | KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED | 0.14% | 1.38% | 0.14% |
| 11 | State Bank of India | 0.14% | 3.06% | 0.14% |
| 12 | INFOSYS LIMITED | 0.13% | 2.55% | 0.13% |
Only in DFAE
5,748 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.54%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.57%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.97%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.77%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.62%
Only in EPI
50 total- LIFE INSURANCE CORP OF INDIA 0.23%
- GENERAL INSURANCE CORP OF INDIA 0.23%
- HINDUSTAN ZINC LTD 0.16%
- JBCHEMICALS & PHARMACEUTICALS LTD 0.06%
- PREMIER ENERGIES LTD 0.06%
- IDBI BANK LTD 0.06%
- CIGNITI TECHNOLOGIES LTD 0.05%
- BAJAJ HOUSING FINANCE LTD 0.05%
- R R KABEL LTD 0.04%
- ANAND RATHI WEALTH LTD 0.04%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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