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ETF comparison

DFAI vs IDEV

Both International Developed.

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
75.4 %

1,897 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and IDEV would leave roughly 75.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAI unmatched 17.0% Shared 75.4% IDEV unmatched 24.1%

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
1,777 positions
Shared
1,897 positions
In IDEV only
419 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%
IDEV

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

iShares · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$32.16B
TTM yield
3.23%
Top-10 conc.
10.8%

Sub-score comparison

82
Cost
96
78
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
99
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Tracking quality
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DFAI sub-score IDEV

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

Cost difference

IDEV is 14 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for DFAI.

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 IDEV.

Top shared holdings

1,897 shared in total
# Holding In DFAI In IDEV Overlap
1 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16% 1.24% 1.16%
2 Roche Holding AG 1.05% 1.05% 1.05%
3 SHELL PLC 1.01% 0.88% 0.88%
4 Nestle S.A. 0.84% 0.88% 0.84%
5 ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81% 0.88% 0.81%
6 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 0.82% 0.76%
7 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63% 0.61% 0.61%
8 BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59% 0.73% 0.59%
9 TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62% 0.59% 0.59%
10 Allianz SE 0.59% 0.65% 0.59%
11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58% 0.83% 0.58%
12 ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.55% 0.57% 0.55%

Only in DFAI

1,777 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
  • Novartis AG 0.67%
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.30%
  • UBS Group AG 0.24%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.19%
  • Banco Santander, S.A. 0.16%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.13%
  • Amrize AG 0.10%
  • ArcelorMittal SA 0.09%
  • argenx SE 0.07%

Only in IDEV

419 total
  • SoftBank Group Corp. 0.40%
  • Investor Aktiebolag 0.26%
  • SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.26%
  • ORIX CORPORATION 0.15%
  • GOODMAN GROUP 0.14%
  • SEA LIMITED 0.14%
  • Nebius Group N.V. 0.13%
  • 3I GROUP PLC 0.13%
  • POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA 0.13%
  • JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. 0.12%

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.