ETF comparison
DFAI vs EWC
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Canada ETF
Holdings overlap
80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and EWC would leave roughly 4.4% 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 EWC. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for EWC.
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 EWC.
Top shared holdings
80 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In EWC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.31% | 8.71% | 0.31% |
| 2 | NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.21% | 1.85% | 0.21% |
| 3 | ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC. | 0.18% | 1.35% | 0.18% |
| 4 | Intact Financial Corporation | 0.17% | 1.14% | 0.17% |
| 5 | FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.16% | 1.04% | 0.16% |
| 6 | DOLLARAMA INC. | 0.16% | 1.14% | 0.16% |
| 7 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.15% | 6.28% | 0.15% |
| 8 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 0.13% | 3.74% | 0.13% |
| 9 | CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | 0.12% | 3.30% | 0.12% |
| 10 | MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.11% | 2.09% | 0.11% |
| 11 | Constellation Software Inc. | 0.11% | 1.34% | 0.11% |
| 12 | SHOPIFY INC. | 0.10% | 4.74% | 0.10% |
Only in DFAI
3,594 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 EWC
4 total- POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA 1.08%
- BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. 0.64%
- IGM FINANCIAL INC. 0.15%
- CONSTELLATION SOFTWARE INC CANADA 0.00%
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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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