ETF comparison
DFAI vs VPL
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,473 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and VPL would leave roughly 31.1% 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
VPL is 11 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/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 VPL.
Top shared holdings
1,473 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 2.00% | 0.76% |
| 2 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 1.66% | 0.63% |
| 3 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 1.77% | 0.59% |
| 4 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.57% | 1.21% | 0.57% |
| 5 | Sony Group Corporation | 0.54% | 1.14% | 0.54% |
| 6 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.54% | 1.18% | 0.54% |
| 7 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.52% | 1.72% | 0.52% |
| 8 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.46% | 1.19% | 0.46% |
| 9 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 0.39% | 1.28% | 0.39% |
| 10 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 0.38% | 0.88% | 0.38% |
| 11 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.37% | 0.96% | 0.37% |
| 12 | Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | 0.36% | 0.78% | 0.36% |
Only in DFAI
2,201 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%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
- Allianz SE 0.59%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58%
Only in VPL
864 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.61%
- SK hynix Inc 5.18%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.96%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.83%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.51%
- ORIX Corp 0.37%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.35%
- Goodman Group 0.34%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.33%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.29%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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