ETF comparison
DFAE vs EWZ
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
Holdings overlap
41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and EWZ would leave roughly 2.3% 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 EWZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for EWZ.
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Top shared holdings
41 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In EWZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 0.30% | 7.28% | 0.30% |
| 2 | Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 0.17% | 8.48% | 0.17% |
| 3 | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 0.12% | 8.71% | 0.12% |
| 4 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 0.11% | 3.57% | 0.11% |
| 5 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 0.10% | 6.70% | 0.10% |
| 6 | PRIO S.A. | 0.10% | 2.16% | 0.10% |
| 7 | WEG S.A. | 0.09% | 3.05% | 0.09% |
| 8 | Banco Bradesco S.A. | 0.09% | 3.33% | 0.09% |
| 9 | Vibra Energia S.A. | 0.08% | 1.40% | 0.08% |
| 10 | BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A. | 0.08% | 2.68% | 0.08% |
| 11 | VALE S.A. | 0.07% | 11.50% | 0.07% |
| 12 | AXIA Energia S.A. | 0.07% | 2.64% | 0.07% |
Only in DFAE
6,227 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 EWZ
5 total- ITAUSA S.A. 2.62%
- XP Inc. 1.31%
- JBS N.V. 1.01%
- AXIA Energia S.A. 0.65%
- StoneCo Ltd. 0.26%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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