ETF comparison
DFAI vs FEZ
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and FEZ would leave roughly 13.9% 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 11 bps cheaper than FEZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for FEZ.
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 FEZ.
Top shared holdings
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In FEZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.62% | 3.50% | 0.62% |
| 2 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 3.56% | 0.59% |
| 3 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 4.66% | 0.58% |
| 4 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.48% | 2.70% | 0.48% |
| 5 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.47% | 2.67% | 0.47% |
| 6 | SAFRAN SA | 0.45% | 2.88% | 0.45% |
| 7 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.44% | 1.87% | 0.44% |
| 8 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.44% | 3.72% | 0.44% |
| 9 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.43% | 4.01% | 0.43% |
| 10 | ASML Holding N.V. | 0.42% | 10.39% | 0.42% |
| 11 | SAP SE | 0.42% | 3.06% | 0.42% |
| 12 | Siemens Energy AG | 0.38% | 3.05% | 0.38% |
Only in DFAI
3,624 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%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%
Only in FEZ
0 totalEvery FEZ position is also held by DFAI.
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- DFAI vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 13.0%
- DFAI vs EWU · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF 10.7%
- DFAI vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 10.7%
- DFAI vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 7.9%
- DFAI vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 7.9%
More comparisons with FEZ
- FEZ vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 12.0%
- FEZ vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 11.6%
- FEZ vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 11.3%
- FEZ vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 10.9%
- FEZ vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 9.6%
- FEZ vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 9.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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