ETF comparison
DFAE vs VXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3,982 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and VXUS would leave roughly 28.6% 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
VXUS is 24 bps cheaper than DFAE. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
3,982 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 13.19% | 4.10% | 4.10% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 5.17% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 4.54% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.57% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.20% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.97% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.77% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 8 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.62% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 9 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.40% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.31% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 12 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.46% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
Only in DFAE
2,286 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%
- INFOSYS LIMITED 0.17%
Only in VXUS
4,754 total- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Nestle SA 0.59%
- Shell PLC 0.58%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.58%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.55%
- Siemens AG 0.55%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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