ETF comparison
DFAI vs EWU
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
Holdings overlap
66 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and EWU would leave roughly 10.7% 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU.
Top shared holdings
66 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 10.06% | 1.16% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 7.51% | 1.01% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 8.98% | 0.81% |
| 4 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.55% | 4.71% | 0.55% |
| 5 | BP P.L.C. | 0.50% | 3.47% | 0.50% |
| 6 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.41% | 2.64% | 0.41% |
| 7 | GSK PLC | 0.37% | 3.21% | 0.37% |
| 8 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 0.34% | 4.20% | 0.34% |
| 9 | RIO TINTO PLC | 0.32% | 3.74% | 0.32% |
| 10 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 0.30% | 2.51% | 0.30% |
| 11 | NATWEST GROUP PLC | 0.26% | 2.01% | 0.26% |
| 12 | STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 0.23% | 1.60% | 0.23% |
Only in DFAI
3,608 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- Roche Holding AG 1.05%
- Nestle S.A. 0.84%
- 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%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58%
Only in EWU
6 total- 3I GROUP PLC 0.94%
- SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.39%
- M&G PLC 0.30%
- LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC 0.19%
- Entain plc 0.14%
- NMC HEALTH PLC 0.00%
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- DFAI vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 7.5%
- DFAI vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 6.8%
- DFAI vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 6.8%
More comparisons with EWU
- EWU vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 10.6%
- EWU vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 9.6%
- EWU vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 9.1%
- EWU vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 7.7%
- EWU vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 7.5%
- EWU vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 6.8%
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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