ETF comparison
DFAI vs EWG
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Germany ETF
Holdings overlap
52 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and EWG would leave roughly 6.6% 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 31 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/yr more in fees for EWG.
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 EWG.
Top shared holdings
52 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In EWG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 8.47% | 0.59% |
| 2 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 11.97% | 0.58% |
| 3 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.44% | 6.21% | 0.44% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 0.42% | 9.49% | 0.42% |
| 5 | Siemens Energy AG | 0.38% | 7.37% | 0.38% |
| 6 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.32% | 6.22% | 0.32% |
| 7 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 0.29% | 2.10% | 0.29% |
| 8 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 0.27% | 3.45% | 0.27% |
| 9 | Deutsche Post AG | 0.24% | 2.75% | 0.24% |
| 10 | BASF SE | 0.23% | 2.66% | 0.23% |
| 11 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 0.23% | 2.73% | 0.23% |
| 12 | E.ON SE | 0.23% | 2.40% | 0.23% |
Only in DFAI
3,622 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 EWG
2 total- Delivery Hero SE 0.42%
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 0.24%
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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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