ETF comparison
DFAI vs EFG
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
335 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and EFG would leave roughly 36.8% 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
DFAI is 16 bps cheaper than EFG. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for EFG.
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 EFG.
Top shared holdings
335 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In EFG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 2.38% | 0.81% |
| 3 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.69% | 0.59% |
| 4 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 0.79% | 0.58% |
| 5 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.57% | 1.39% | 0.57% |
| 6 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.55% | 1.55% | 0.55% |
| 7 | Sony Group Corporation | 0.54% | 1.26% | 0.54% |
| 8 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.54% | 1.34% | 0.54% |
| 9 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.52% | 1.94% | 0.52% |
| 10 | NOVO NORDISK A/S | 0.47% | 1.41% | 0.47% |
| 11 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.46% | 1.34% | 0.46% |
| 12 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.48% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
Only in DFAI
3,339 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
- SHELL PLC 1.01%
- Nestle S.A. 0.84%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
- Allianz SE 0.59%
- BP P.L.C. 0.50%
Only in EFG
24 total- Investor Aktiebolag 0.69%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.68%
- GOODMAN GROUP 0.38%
- SEA LIMITED 0.38%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.38%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.13%
- RYANAIR HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.11%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0.09%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.08%
- ABIVAX SA 0.07%
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- EFG vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 30.1%
- EFG vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 29.9%
- EFG vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 27.4%
- EFG vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 27.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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