ETF comparison
DFAIvsIEFA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
2,082 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and IEFA would leave roughly75.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with DFAI vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
2,082 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.04% | 1.24% | 1.04% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 1.05% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 0.97% | 1.13% | 0.97% |
| 4 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.95% | 1.16% | 0.95% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 0.90% | 1.03% | 0.90% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.66% | 0.80% | 0.66% |
| 7 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.65% | 0.73% | 0.65% |
| 8 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.64% | 0.71% | 0.64% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.56% | 0.79% | 0.56% |
| 10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.55% | 0.89% | 0.55% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.54% | 0.83% | 0.54% |
| 12 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.49% | 0.56% | 0.49% |
Only in DFAI
1,648 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.51%
- ASML Holding N.V.1.42%
- Novartis AG0.64%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA0.27%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.0.27%
- NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA0.21%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED0.20%
- UBS Group AG0.20%
- Intact Financial Corporation0.18%
- FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED0.18%
Only in IEFA
539 total- SoftBank Group Corp.0.50%
- Investor Aktiebolag0.29%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A.0.28%
- Prosus N.V.0.25%
- GOODMAN GROUP0.17%
- ORIX CORPORATION0.15%
- 3I GROUP PLC0.14%
- SEA LIMITED0.13%
- JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd.0.12%
- Nebius Group N.V.0.12%
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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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