ETF comparison
DFAI vs VXUS
International Developed vs International Total.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,670 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and VXUS would leave roughly 54.9% 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
VXUS is 13 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
2,670 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 4 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 7 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 8 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.52% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 9 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 11 | ASML Holding N.V. | 0.42% | 1.45% | 0.42% |
| 12 | SAP SE | 0.42% | 0.43% | 0.42% |
Only in DFAI
1,004 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 VXUS
6,066 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
- MediaTek Inc 0.36%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.27%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.24%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.23%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.22%
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- VXUS vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 52.8%
- VXUS vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 49.5%
- VXUS vs EFA · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 48.6%
- VXUS vs DBEF · Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF 48.5%
- VXUS vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 47.4%
- VXUS vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 44.1%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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