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ETF comparison

DFAI vs IPAC

Both International Developed.

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
30.7 %

1,096 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and IPAC would leave roughly 30.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAI unmatched 61.8% Shared 30.7% IPAC unmatched 68.9%

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
2,578 positions
Shared
1,096 positions
In IPAC only
274 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
2.46%
Top-10 conc.
9.2%
IPAC

iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF

iShares · International Developed

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$2.76B
TTM yield
3.86%
Top-10 conc.
18.4%

Sub-score comparison

82
Cost
91
78
Tax efficiency
75
100
Liquidity
76
100
Concentration
88
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Tracking quality
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DFAI sub-score IPAC

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

Cost difference

IPAC is 9 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 IPAC.

Top shared holdings

1,096 shared in total
# Holding In DFAI In IPAC Overlap
1 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 2.58% 0.76%
2 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63% 1.94% 0.63%
3 BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59% 2.32% 0.59%
4 Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57% 1.62% 0.57%
5 Sony Group Corporation 0.54% 1.48% 0.54%
6 ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.54% 1.57% 0.54%
7 COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.52% 2.27% 0.52%
8 Hitachi, Ltd. 0.46% 1.57% 0.46%
9 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.39% 1.69% 0.39%
10 Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 0.38% 1.13% 0.38%
11 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 0.37% 1.29% 0.37%
12 Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 0.36% 0.99% 0.36%

Only in DFAI

2,578 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%
  • Novartis AG 0.67%
  • TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
  • Allianz SE 0.59%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58%

Only in IPAC

274 total
  • SoftBank Group Corp. 1.25%
  • ORIX CORPORATION 0.48%
  • GOODMAN GROUP 0.45%
  • SEA LIMITED 0.43%
  • JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. 0.38%
  • KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.29%
  • Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha 0.16%
  • SCENTRE GROUP 0.15%
  • Link Real Estate Investment Trust 0.14%
  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. 0.13%

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.