ETF comparison
DFAI vs SCHF
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · Schwab International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
1,150 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and SCHF would leave roughly 68.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
1,150 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In SCHF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.04% | 1.10% | 1.04% |
| 2 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.95% | 1.07% | 0.95% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 0.90% | 0.94% | 0.90% |
| 4 | SHELL PLC | 1.05% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 5 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.66% | 0.71% | 0.66% |
| 6 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.64% | 0.89% | 0.64% |
| 7 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.56% | 0.69% | 0.56% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.55% | 0.73% | 0.55% |
| 9 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.54% | 0.71% | 0.54% |
| 10 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.65% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 11 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.48% | 0.56% | 0.48% |
| 12 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.49% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
Only in DFAI
2,580 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 1.51%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.42%
- Roche Holding AG 0.97%
- Novartis AG 0.64%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.27%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.20%
- UBS Group AG 0.20%
- MITSUI E&S Co., Ltd. 0.19%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.15%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.15%
Only in SCHF
329 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.41%
- SK hynix Inc 1.36%
- Roche Holding AG 1.14%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.35%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.28%
- Investor AB 0.25%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.21%
- Prosus NV 0.21%
- 3i Group PLC 0.15%
- Goodman Group 0.14%
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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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