ETF comparison
DFAI vs SCZ
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
1,528 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and SCZ would leave roughly 13.0% 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
DFAI is 22 bps cheaper than SCZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for SCZ.
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 SCZ.
Top shared holdings
1,528 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In SCZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MITSUI E&S Co., Ltd. | 0.15% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2 | Takashimaya Company, Limited | 0.06% | 0.09% | 0.06% |
| 3 | Suruga Bank Ltd. | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 4 | BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC | 0.05% | 0.10% | 0.05% |
| 5 | KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 0.04% | 0.28% | 0.04% |
| 6 | IMI PLC | 0.04% | 0.27% | 0.04% |
| 7 | STOREBRAND ASA | 0.04% | 0.24% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Niterra Co., Ltd. | 0.04% | 0.24% | 0.04% |
| 9 | TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. | 0.04% | 0.21% | 0.04% |
| 10 | NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.04% | 0.18% | 0.04% |
| 11 | NGK Corporation | 0.04% | 0.21% | 0.04% |
| 12 | DIPLOMA PLC | 0.04% | 0.37% | 0.04% |
Only in DFAI
2,146 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%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
Only in SCZ
526 total- ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0.23%
- AEDIFICA NV 0.21%
- CHARTER HALL GROUP 0.20%
- MERLIN Properties SOCIMI, S.A. 0.20%
- ICG PLC 0.20%
- THE GPT GROUP 0.19%
- BRITISH LAND COMPANY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) 0.17%
- ABERDEEN GROUP PLC 0.16%
- LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC 0.16%
- BALFOUR BEATTY PLC 0.16%
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More comparisons with SCZ
- SCZ vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 12.6%
- SCZ vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 12.2%
- SCZ vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 10.6%
- SCZ vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 9.8%
- SCZ vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 9.3%
- SCZ vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 9.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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