ETF comparison
DFAI vs IEUR
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
818 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and IEUR would leave roughly 48.8% 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
IEUR is 8 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/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 IEUR.
Top shared holdings
818 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In IEUR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 2.29% | 1.16% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 1.92% | 1.05% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 1.60% | 1.01% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 1.61% | 0.84% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 1.61% | 0.81% |
| 6 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.62% | 1.09% | 0.62% |
| 7 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 1.18% | 0.59% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 1.52% | 0.58% |
| 9 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.55% | 1.04% | 0.55% |
| 10 | BP P.L.C. | 0.50% | 0.73% | 0.50% |
| 11 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.48% | 0.85% | 0.48% |
| 12 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.47% | 0.80% | 0.47% |
Only in DFAI
2,856 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57%
- Sony Group Corporation 0.54%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.54%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.52%
- Hitachi, Ltd. 0.46%
Only in IEUR
191 total- Investor Aktiebolag 0.47%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.46%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.24%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.23%
- AerCap Holdings N.V. 0.16%
- SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.10%
- UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD SE 0.09%
- RYANAIR HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.08%
- Heineken Holding N.V. 0.07%
- M&G PLC 0.06%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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