ETF comparison
DFAI vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
2,065 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and IEFA would leave roughly 75.2% 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
IEFA is 11 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
2,065 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 1.42% | 1.16% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 1.20% | 1.05% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 1.00% | 0.84% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 1.00% | 0.81% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 0.93% | 0.76% |
| 7 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.70% | 0.63% |
| 8 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.62% | 0.67% | 0.62% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.83% | 0.59% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 0.74% | 0.59% |
| 11 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 0.95% | 0.58% |
| 12 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.57% | 0.58% | 0.57% |
Only in DFAI
1,609 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.31%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.30%
- UBS Group AG 0.24%
- NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA 0.21%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.19%
- ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC. 0.18%
- Intact Financial Corporation 0.17%
- FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.16%
Only in IEFA
548 total- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.45%
- Investor Aktiebolag 0.29%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.29%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.17%
- GOODMAN GROUP 0.16%
- SEA LIMITED 0.16%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.15%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.15%
- JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. 0.13%
- KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.11%
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- DFAI vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 68.4%
- DFAI vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 67.1%
- DFAI vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 65.9%
- DFAI vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 65.3%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 74.7%
- IEFA vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 63.6%
- IEFA vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 61.7%
- IEFA vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 61.5%
- IEFA vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 59.9%
- IEFA vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 59.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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