ETF comparison
DFAI vs EFA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
615 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and EFA would leave roughly 67.1% 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
DFAI is 14 bps cheaper than EFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for EFA.
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 DFAI vs EFA.
Top shared holdings
615 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In EFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 1.66% | 1.16% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 1.39% | 1.05% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 1.17% | 1.01% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 1.17% | 0.84% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 1.17% | 0.81% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 1.08% | 0.76% |
| 7 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.81% | 0.63% |
| 8 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.62% | 0.79% | 0.62% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.97% | 0.59% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 0.86% | 0.59% |
| 11 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 1.10% | 0.58% |
| 12 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.57% | 0.68% | 0.57% |
Only in DFAI
3,059 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.31%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.30%
- UBS Group AG 0.24%
- NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA 0.21%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.19%
- ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC. 0.18%
- Intact Financial Corporation 0.17%
- FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.16%
Only in EFA
59 total- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.52%
- Investor Aktiebolag 0.34%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.33%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.20%
- GOODMAN GROUP 0.19%
- SEA LIMITED 0.18%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.17%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.17%
- JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. 0.16%
- KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.12%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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