ETF comparison
DFAE vs FLIN
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · Franklin FTSE India ETF
Holdings overlap
230 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and FLIN would leave roughly 9.9% 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
FLIN is 10 bps cheaper than DFAE. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/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 FLIN.
Top shared holdings
230 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In FLIN | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.44% | 3.55% | 0.44% |
| 2 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.40% | 5.49% | 0.40% |
| 3 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.31% | 5.74% | 0.31% |
| 4 | MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LIMITED | 0.25% | 1.80% | 0.25% |
| 5 | AXIS BANK LIMITED | 0.20% | 1.95% | 0.20% |
| 6 | LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED | 0.18% | 1.76% | 0.18% |
| 7 | TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED | 0.16% | 1.31% | 0.16% |
| 8 | TATA STEEL LIMITED | 0.15% | 0.96% | 0.15% |
| 9 | HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.15% | 0.89% | 0.15% |
| 10 | KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED | 0.14% | 1.36% | 0.14% |
| 11 | State Bank of India | 0.14% | 1.20% | 0.14% |
| 12 | INFOSYS LIMITED | 0.13% | 2.15% | 0.13% |
Only in DFAE
6,038 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 FLIN
49 total- BAJAJ FINANCE LTD 1.73%
- SHRIRAM FINANCE LTD 0.92%
- CHOLAMANDALAM INVESTMENT & FINANCE COMPANY LTD 0.49%
- JIO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD 0.48%
- POWER FINANCE CORP LTD 0.39%
- REC LTD 0.29%
- EMBASSY OFFICE PARKS REIT 0.24%
- SWIGGY LTD 0.22%
- VISHAL MEGA MART LTD 0.21%
- MUTHOOT FINANCE LTD 0.20%
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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
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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