ETF comparison
DFAE vs VWO
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3,579 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and VWO would leave roughly 67.0% 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
VWO is 23 bps cheaper than DFAE. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
3,579 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 13.19% | 15.56% | 13.19% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.57% | 3.31% | 2.57% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.20% | 2.41% | 1.20% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.97% | 1.36% | 0.97% |
| 5 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 0.81% | 0.79% |
| 6 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.77% | 0.90% | 0.77% |
| 7 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.62% | 0.82% | 0.62% |
| 8 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.46% | 0.66% | 0.46% |
| 9 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.44% | 0.55% | 0.44% |
| 10 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.43% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 11 | XIAOMI CORPORATION | 0.41% | 0.55% | 0.41% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.40% | 0.80% | 0.40% |
Only in DFAE
2,689 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.54%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.39%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.35%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.33%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.31%
- VALE S.A. 0.29%
- Lenovo Group Limited 0.27%
Only in VWO
1,401 total- Bajaj Finance Ltd 0.28%
- Baidu Inc 0.26%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.20%
- Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd 0.14%
- Itausa SA 0.14%
- Shriram Finance Ltd 0.13%
- PTT PCL 0.12%
- Kasikornbank PCL 0.09%
- Advanced Info Service PCL 0.09%
- Jio Financial Services Ltd 0.08%
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- DFAE vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 58.8%
- DFAE vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 55.4%
- DFAE vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 50.6%
More comparisons with VWO
- VWO vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 61.2%
- VWO vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 56.6%
- VWO vs ESGE · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF 46.4%
- VWO vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 45.1%
- VWO vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 43.6%
- VWO vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 42.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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