ETF comparison
DFAX vs IEFA
International Total vs International Developed.
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
2,065 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and IEFA would leave roughly 42.2% 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
IEFA is 21 bps cheaper than DFAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $210/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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
2,065 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAX | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.54% | 0.67% | 0.54% |
| 2 | Nestle S.A. | 0.40% | 1.00% | 0.40% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 0.39% | 1.20% | 0.39% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.38% | 0.70% | 0.38% |
| 5 | Allianz SE | 0.30% | 0.74% | 0.30% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.27% | 0.93% | 0.27% |
| 7 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.26% | 0.41% | 0.26% |
| 8 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.26% | 0.56% | 0.26% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.25% | 0.83% | 0.25% |
| 10 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.24% | 0.50% | 0.24% |
| 11 | Sony Group Corporation | 0.24% | 0.53% | 0.24% |
| 12 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.23% | 0.37% | 0.23% |
Only in DFAX
8,319 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%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- ASML Holding N.V. 0.62%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.49%
- SHELL PLC 0.48%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.29%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.28%
Only in IEFA
548 total- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.45%
- Investor Aktiebolag 0.29%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.29%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.17%
- GOODMAN GROUP 0.16%
- SEA LIMITED 0.16%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.15%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.15%
- JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. 0.13%
- KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.11%
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- DFAX vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 24.4%
- DFAX vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 23.2%
- DFAX vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 56.4%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 35.9%
- IEFA vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 35.5%
- IEFA vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 32.3%
- IEFA vs EZU · iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF 30.1%
- IEFA vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 28.7%
- IEFA vs FLJP · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF 23.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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