ETF comparison
DFAEvsFRDM
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 roughly0.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
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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 thecost calculator pre-filled with DFAE vs FRDM.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In FRDM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Fields Limited | 0.26% | 0.52% | 0.26% |
| 2 | United Microelectronics Corporation | 0.12% | 1.43% | 0.12% |
| 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
6,306 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited12.22%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.4.35%
- SK hynix Inc.3.49%
- Tencent Holdings Limited2.65%
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.76%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited1.40%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.0.90%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.78%
- MediaTek Inc.0.69%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.64%
Only in FRDM
12 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd8.52%
- First American Government Obligations Fund0.43%
- Grupo Mexico SAB de CV0.42%
- Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV0.38%
- Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA0.19%
- Cia Sud Americana de Vapores SA0.19%
- ARCA CONTINENTAL SAB DE CV0.14%
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV0.14%
- Industrias Penoles SAB de CV0.09%
- Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV0.07%
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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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