ETF comparison
DFAE vs VEA
International Emerging vs International Developed.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
408 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and VEA would leave roughly 6.4% 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
VEA is 26 bps cheaper than DFAE. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
408 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 5.17% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.54% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 3 | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD | 0.33% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY | 0.31% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 5 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.24% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 6 | SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO.,LTD | 0.19% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. | 0.15% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 8 | POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SPOLKA AKCYJNA | 0.16% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | Lenovo Group Limited | 0.27% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 10 | Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd. | 0.12% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 0.15% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | SK Inc. | 0.13% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in DFAE
5,860 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19%
- 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%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.46%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
Only in VEA
3,454 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
- Siemens AG 0.73%
- Shell PLC 0.67%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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