ETF comparison
DFAE vs IXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
1,679 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and IXUS would leave roughly 28.3% 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
IXUS is 22 bps cheaper than DFAE. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 IXUS.
Top shared holdings
1,679 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 13.19% | 4.29% | 4.29% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 5.17% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.54% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.57% | 0.88% | 0.88% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.20% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.97% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.77% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 8 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.62% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 9 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 10 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.31% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 11 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.40% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 12 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.41% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in DFAE
4,589 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.39%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.35%
- VALE S.A. 0.29%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.24%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.23%
- Gold Fields Limited 0.21%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.20%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 0.20%
Only in IXUS
2,810 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.86%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
- Nestle S.A. 0.60%
- SHELL PLC 0.60%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.57%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.56%
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More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 28.0%
- IXUS vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 27.5%
- IXUS vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 25.0%
- IXUS vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 24.1%
- IXUS vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 23.5%
- IXUS vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 23.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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