ETF comparison
DFAI vs EWL
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and EWL would leave roughly 6.1% 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 EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for EWL.
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 EWL.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In EWL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 14.03% | 1.05% |
| 2 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 12.34% | 0.84% |
| 3 | ABB Ltd | 0.38% | 5.41% | 0.38% |
| 4 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.35% | 4.44% | 0.35% |
| 5 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 0.35% | 4.78% | 0.35% |
| 6 | Novartis AG | 0.28% | 13.56% | 0.28% |
| 7 | UBS Group AG | 0.24% | 5.13% | 0.24% |
| 8 | Swiss Re AG | 0.24% | 2.32% | 0.24% |
| 9 | Holcim AG | 0.20% | 2.64% | 0.20% |
| 10 | Lonza Group AG | 0.20% | 2.35% | 0.20% |
| 11 | Swiss Life Holding AG | 0.15% | 1.69% | 0.15% |
| 12 | Galderma Group AG | 0.15% | 2.24% | 0.15% |
Only in DFAI
3,634 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
- SHELL PLC 1.01%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%
- Allianz SE 0.59%
Only in EWL
0 totalEvery EWL position is also held by DFAI.
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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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