ETF comparison
DFAX vs DFIV
Both International Total.
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · Dimensional International Value ETF
Holdings overlap
591 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and DFIV would leave roughly 24.4% 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
DFIV is 1 bps cheaper than DFAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for DFAX.
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 DFAX vs DFIV.
Top shared holdings
591 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAX | In DFIV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novartis AG | 0.67% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 2 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.54% | 2.05% | 0.54% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 0.48% | 3.17% | 0.48% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.38% | 1.78% | 0.38% |
| 5 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.28% | 1.27% | 0.28% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.27% | 0.53% | 0.27% |
| 7 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.26% | 0.49% | 0.26% |
| 8 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 0.26% | 0.97% | 0.26% |
| 9 | BP P.L.C. | 0.25% | 1.01% | 0.25% |
| 10 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.24% | 0.60% | 0.24% |
| 11 | ENGIE SA | 0.24% | 0.84% | 0.24% |
| 12 | BASF SE | 0.20% | 1.21% | 0.20% |
Only in DFAX
9,793 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.87%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.34%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.99%
- SK hynix Inc. 0.81%
- ASML Holding N.V. 0.62%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.49%
- Nestle S.A. 0.40%
- Roche Holding AG 0.39%
- Fujikura Ltd. 0.31%
- Allianz SE 0.30%
Only in DFIV
13 total- UBS Group AG 0.48%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 0.47%
- Amrize AG 0.34%
- BW LPG Limited 0.08%
- Nokia Oyj 0.06%
- Alcon AG 0.04%
- VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.03%
- Stellantis N.V. 0.03%
- SCHRODERS PLC 0.01%
- Brookfield Wealth Solutions Ltd. 0.00%
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More comparisons with DFIV
- DFIV vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 24.1%
- DFIV vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 23.5%
- DFIV vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 22.7%
- DFIV vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 19.8%
- DFIV vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 9.5%
- DFIV vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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