ETF comparison
DFAI vs SPDW
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
Holdings overlap
1,709 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and SPDW would leave roughly 68.7% 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
SPDW 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 SPDW.
Top shared holdings
1,709 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In SPDW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 0.86% | 0.86% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 0.87% | 0.81% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 5 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 6 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 7 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 8 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.63% | 0.59% |
| 9 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 0.70% | 0.58% |
| 10 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.57% | 0.67% | 0.57% |
| 11 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.52% | 0.57% | 0.52% |
Only in DFAI
1,965 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%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.14%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.13%
- Amrize AG 0.10%
- ArcelorMittal SA 0.09%
Only in SPDW
719 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.96%
- SK hynix Inc 2.79%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.44%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.33%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.29%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.23%
- Investor AB 0.23%
- Spotify Technology SA 0.21%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.17%
- ARM Holdings PLC 0.15%
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- SPDW vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 67.3%
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- SPDW vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 64.8%
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- SPDW vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 63.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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