ETF comparison
DFAI vs EWA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Australia ETF
Holdings overlap
42 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and EWA would leave roughly 4.3% 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 32 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 EWA.
Top shared holdings
42 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In EWA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 15.69% | 0.59% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.52% | 13.76% | 0.52% |
| 3 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 0.29% | 6.14% | 0.29% |
| 4 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 0.28% | 5.71% | 0.28% |
| 5 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 0.23% | 4.51% | 0.23% |
| 6 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.23% | 5.30% | 0.23% |
| 7 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 0.17% | 2.89% | 0.17% |
| 8 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 0.16% | 3.45% | 0.16% |
| 9 | MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED | 0.16% | 4.31% | 0.16% |
| 10 | QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED | 0.13% | 1.70% | 0.13% |
| 11 | WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED | 0.11% | 2.14% | 0.11% |
| 12 | TRANSURBAN GROUP | 0.10% | 2.32% | 0.10% |
Only in DFAI
3,632 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
- Roche Holding AG 1.05%
- SHELL PLC 1.01%
- Nestle S.A. 0.84%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
Only in EWA
4 total- GOODMAN GROUP 3.22%
- SCENTRE GROUP 0.99%
- Vicinity Centres 0.49%
- STOCKLAND CORPORATION LTD 0.49%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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