ETF comparison
DFAE vs EWY
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
Holdings overlap
70 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and EWY would leave roughly 14.9% 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 30 bps cheaper than EWY. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for EWY.
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 EWY.
Top shared holdings
70 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In EWY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 5.17% | 23.88% | 5.17% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.54% | 30.85% | 4.54% |
| 3 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.33% | 3.42% | 0.33% |
| 4 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.31% | 2.43% | 0.31% |
| 5 | Hana Financial Group Inc. | 0.26% | 0.83% | 0.26% |
| 6 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.24% | 1.40% | 0.24% |
| 7 | LIG Defense&Aerospace Co., Ltd | 0.21% | 0.41% | 0.21% |
| 8 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 0.19% | 1.03% | 0.19% |
| 9 | LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD | 0.16% | 0.60% | 0.16% |
| 10 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 0.15% | 1.01% | 0.15% |
| 11 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.15% | 1.21% | 0.15% |
| 12 | Woori Financial Group Inc. | 0.14% | 0.53% | 0.14% |
Only in DFAE
6,198 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19%
- 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%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.46%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
Only in EWY
11 total- SK Square Co., Ltd. 3.08%
- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 1.22%
- KIA CORPORATION 1.01%
- SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 0.99%
- LG Corp. 0.46%
- APR Co Ltd 0.36%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.32%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.24%
- HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co Ltd 0.21%
- HMM CO.,LTD 0.20%
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- EWY vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 13.5%
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- EWY vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 5.3%
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- EWY vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 2.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
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/methodology/.
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