ETF comparison
DFAI vs VWO
International Developed vs International Emerging.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and VWO would leave roughly 0.0% 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
VWO 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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. | 0.04% | 0.07% | 0.04% |
| 2 | PAX GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 3 | CHINA GOLD INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES CORP. LTD. | 0.00% | 0.05% | 0.00% |
| 4 | VALTERRA PLATINUM LIMITED | 0.00% | 0.17% | 0.00% |
| 5 | VIOHALCO SA | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
Only in DFAI
3,669 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 VWO
4,975 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
- MediaTek Inc 1.36%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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