ETF comparison
DFAE vs ILF
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Latin America 40 ETF
Holdings overlap
36 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and ILF would leave roughly 2.5% 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 18 bps cheaper than ILF. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for ILF.
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 ILF.
Top shared holdings
36 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In ILF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VALE S.A. | 0.29% | 8.40% | 0.29% |
| 2 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) | 0.23% | 5.15% | 0.23% |
| 3 | Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.21% | 4.07% | 0.21% |
| 4 | Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.20% | 5.62% | 0.20% |
| 5 | CREDICORP LTD. | 0.13% | 4.22% | 0.13% |
| 6 | Nu Holdings Ltd. | 0.12% | 8.17% | 0.12% |
| 7 | B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao | 0.11% | 2.26% | 0.11% |
| 8 | WEG S.A. | 0.09% | 2.13% | 0.09% |
| 9 | Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.08% | 2.26% | 0.08% |
| 10 | Grupo Cibest S.A. | 0.08% | 1.39% | 0.08% |
| 11 | AXIA Energia S.A. | 0.07% | 1.88% | 0.07% |
| 12 | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 0.06% | 1.65% | 0.06% |
Only in DFAE
6,232 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 ILF
5 total- ITAUSA S.A. 2.40%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 2.32%
- MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. 1.41%
- Fibra Uno Administracion S.C. 0.75%
- Ecopetrol S.A. 0.56%
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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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