ETF comparison
DFAE vs FRDM
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and FRDM would leave roughly 0.5% 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.
Holdings data for FRDM covers 13.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
DFAE is 20 bps cheaper than FRDM. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/yr more in fees for FRDM.
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 FRDM.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In FRDM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Fields Limited | 0.21% | 0.52% | 0.21% |
| 2 | United Microelectronics Corporation | 0.20% | 1.43% | 0.20% |
| 3 | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.03% | 0.07% | 0.03% |
| 4 | Banco Bradesco S.A. | 0.02% | 0.51% | 0.02% |
Only in DFAE
6,264 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 FRDM
12 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.52%
- First American Government Obligations Fund 0.43%
- Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.42%
- Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 0.38%
- Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA 0.19%
- Cia Sud Americana de Vapores SA 0.19%
- ARCA CONTINENTAL SAB DE CV 0.14%
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV 0.14%
- Industrias Penoles SAB de CV 0.09%
- Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV 0.07%
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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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