ETF comparison
DFAI vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,677 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and VT would leave roughly 23.0% 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
VT is 12 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/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 VT.
Top shared holdings
2,677 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 0.42% | 0.55% | 0.42% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 3 | Novartis AG | 0.28% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.31% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 6 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 8 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 12 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.52% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in DFAI
997 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%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.13%
- ArcelorMittal SA 0.09%
- argenx SE 0.07%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 0.06%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED... 0.06%
Only in VT
7,373 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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