ETF comparison
DFAI vs VEA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,648 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and VEA would leave roughly 69.2% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VEA 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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
2,648 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 4 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 0.87% | 0.81% |
| 5 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 7 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.65% | 0.59% |
| 8 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 0.73% | 0.58% |
| 9 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.57% | 0.66% | 0.57% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 11 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.52% | 0.59% | 0.52% |
Only in DFAI
1,026 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%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 0.06%
Only in VEA
1,214 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.43%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.35%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.31%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.25%
- Investor AB 0.23%
- Air Liquide SA 0.22%
- L'Oreal SA 0.18%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with DFAI
- DFAI vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 68.7%
- DFAI vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 68.4%
- DFAI vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 67.1%
- DFAI vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 65.9%
- DFAI vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 65.3%
- DFAI vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 63.9%
More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 65.7%
- VEA vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 65.5%
- VEA vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 64.8%
- VEA vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 64.7%
- VEA vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 64.0%
- VEA vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 63.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open DFAI or VEA at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.