ETF comparison
DFAI vs SCHF
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · Schwab International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
1,151 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and SCHF would leave roughly 68.4% 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
SCHF is 15 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 SCHF.
Top shared holdings
1,151 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In SCHF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 0.88% | 0.84% |
| 4 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 0.93% | 0.81% |
| 5 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 7 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.68% | 0.63% |
| 8 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.74% | 0.59% |
| 9 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 0.77% | 0.58% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 11 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.62% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.52% | 0.66% | 0.52% |
Only in DFAI
2,523 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%
- ArcelorMittal SA 0.09%
- argenx SE 0.07%
- TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.07%
Only in SCHF
324 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.32%
- SK hynix Inc 2.81%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.62%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.36%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.26%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.25%
- Investor AB 0.24%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.22%
- Goodman Group 0.15%
- ORIX Corp 0.15%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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