ETF comparison
DFAE vs FXI
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares China Large-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
45 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and FXI would leave roughly 10.5% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAE is 44 bps cheaper than FXI. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for FXI.
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 FXI.
Top shared holdings
45 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In FXI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.57% | 8.93% | 2.57% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.20% | 9.36% | 1.20% |
| 3 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.77% | 8.85% | 0.77% |
| 4 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.46% | 6.16% | 0.46% |
| 5 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.43% | 3.85% | 0.43% |
| 6 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.41% | 5.09% | 0.41% |
| 7 | MEITUAN | 0.35% | 5.13% | 0.35% |
| 8 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.35% | 3.78% | 0.35% |
| 9 | BYD COMPANY LIMITED | 0.29% | 3.51% | 0.29% |
| 10 | NETEASE, INC. | 0.29% | 3.85% | 0.29% |
| 11 | PetroChina Company Limited | 0.25% | 2.11% | 0.25% |
| 12 | China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. | 0.21% | 1.96% | 0.21% |
Only in DFAE
6,223 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.54%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.97%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.62%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
- BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.44%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.40%
Only in FXI
5 total- BAIDU, INC. 2.36%
- Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. 1.34%
- COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. 0.38%
- Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co.,Ltd 0.13%
- GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc 0.10%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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