ETF comparison
DFAE vs MCHI
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI China ETF
Holdings overlap
447 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and MCHI would leave roughly 16.8% 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 30 bps cheaper than MCHI. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for MCHI.
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 MCHI.
Top shared holdings
447 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In MCHI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.57% | 13.21% | 2.57% |
| 2 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.20% | 10.14% | 1.20% |
| 3 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.77% | 3.97% | 0.77% |
| 4 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.46% | 2.10% | 0.46% |
| 5 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.43% | 1.96% | 0.43% |
| 6 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.41% | 2.35% | 0.41% |
| 7 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.39% | 2.28% | 0.39% |
| 8 | MEITUAN | 0.35% | 1.84% | 0.35% |
| 9 | BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.35% | 1.80% | 0.35% |
| 10 | BYD COMPANY LIMITED | 0.29% | 1.63% | 0.29% |
| 11 | NETEASE, INC. | 0.29% | 1.63% | 0.29% |
| 12 | Lenovo Group Limited | 0.27% | 0.94% | 0.27% |
Only in DFAE
5,821 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 MCHI
129 total- BAIDU, INC. 1.44%
- Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. 0.63%
- China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. 0.27%
- NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. 0.23%
- SenseTime Group Inc 0.23%
- Zijin Mining Group Company Limited 0.20%
- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.19%
- Kanzhun Ltd 0.19%
- AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.18%
- COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. 0.18%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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