ETF comparison
DFAI vs EFV
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF
Holdings overlap
363 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and EFV would leave roughly 40.6% 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
DFAI is 13 bps cheaper than EFV. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for EFV.
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 EFV.
Top shared holdings
363 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In EFV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 3.22% | 1.16% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 1.78% | 1.05% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 2.28% | 1.01% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 2.29% | 0.84% |
| 5 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 2.12% | 0.76% |
| 6 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 1.60% | 0.63% |
| 7 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.62% | 1.54% | 0.62% |
| 8 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 1.24% | 0.59% |
| 9 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 1.68% | 0.59% |
| 10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 1.41% | 0.58% |
| 11 | BP P.L.C. | 0.50% | 1.05% | 0.50% |
| 12 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.48% | 0.79% | 0.48% |
Only in DFAI
3,311 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.55%
- Sony Group Corporation 0.54%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.54%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.52%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.47%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 0.46%
Only in EFV
41 total- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.67%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.39%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.33%
- JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. 0.31%
- KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.23%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.23%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.22%
- SCENTRE GROUP 0.15%
- SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.14%
- Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha 0.13%
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- EFV vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 33.4%
- EFV vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 31.9%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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