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DFAI vs HEFA

Both International Developed.

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and HEFA would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAI unmatched 92.4% Shared 0.0% HEFA unmatched 101.2%

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.

In DFAI only
3,674 positions
Shared
0 positions
In HEFA only
1 positions

Side by side

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

Dimensional · International Developed

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$17.90B
TTM yield
2.45%
Top-10 conc.
9.2%
HEFA

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$7.47B
TTM yield
4.05%
Top-10 conc.
100.0%

Sub-score comparison

82
Cost
65
78
Tax efficiency
75
100
Liquidity
94
100
Concentration
94
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Tracking quality
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DFAI sub-score HEFA

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

DFAI is 17 bps cheaper than HEFA. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for HEFA.

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 HEFA.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in DFAI

3,674 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 HEFA

1 total
  • iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 101.20%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.