ETF comparison
DFAI vs FNDC
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
1,117 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and FNDC would leave roughly 13.3% 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 21 bps cheaper than FNDC. On a $100,000 position that's about $210/yr more in fees for FNDC.
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 FNDC.
Top shared holdings
1,117 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In FNDC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrovial N.V. | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.11% |
| 2 | IBIDEN CO.,LTD. | 0.10% | 0.69% | 0.10% |
| 3 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.10% | 0.22% | 0.10% |
| 4 | ASICS Corporation | 0.10% | 0.14% | 0.10% |
| 5 | INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC | 0.09% | 0.14% | 0.09% |
| 6 | Lasertec Corporation | 0.09% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | BOMBARDIER INC. | 0.08% | 0.16% | 0.08% |
| 8 | BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA S.P.A. | 0.11% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | Galderma Group AG | 0.15% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 10 | SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED | 0.07% | 0.14% | 0.07% |
| 11 | FINECOBANK BANCA FINECO S.P.A. | 0.07% | 0.12% | 0.07% |
| 12 | Adyen N.V. | 0.07% | 0.11% | 0.07% |
Only in DFAI
2,557 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 FNDC
461 total- Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co Ltd 0.49%
- Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd 0.37%
- LS Corp 0.29%
- Constellium SE 0.29%
- Samsung E&A Co Ltd 0.28%
- Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd 0.26%
- Doosan Co Ltd 0.25%
- Kloeckner & Co SE 0.22%
- DL E&C Co Ltd 0.22%
- Shinsegae Inc 0.21%
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- FNDC vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 10.7%
- FNDC vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 10.7%
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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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