ETF comparison
DFAI vs IXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
1,972 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and IXUS would leave roughly 57.2% 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
IXUS 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 IXUS.
Top shared holdings
1,972 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 5 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 6 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 7 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 8 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 9 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.52% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 11 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.43% | 0.48% | 0.43% |
| 12 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 0.44% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in DFAI
1,702 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 IXUS
2,517 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.60%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.36%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.27%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.24%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.23%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.23%
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- DFAI vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 53.8%
- DFAI vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 50.0%
- DFAI vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 48.8%
- DFAI vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 47.7%
More comparisons with IXUS
- IXUS vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 56.4%
- IXUS vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 55.0%
- IXUS vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 51.5%
- IXUS vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 51.5%
- IXUS vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 51.4%
- IXUS vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 49.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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