ETF comparison
DFAX vs IEMG
International Total vs International Emerging.
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
2,059 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and IEMG would leave roughly 27.0% 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
IEMG is 19 bps cheaper than DFAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
2,059 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAX | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 1.87% | 12.49% | 1.87% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.34% | 6.80% | 1.34% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 0.81% | 5.82% | 0.81% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 0.49% | 2.37% | 0.49% |
| 5 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.21% | 1.42% | 0.21% |
| 6 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.20% | 1.82% | 0.20% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.19% | 0.71% | 0.19% |
| 8 | UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. | 0.18% | 0.30% | 0.18% |
| 9 | Lenovo Group Limited | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.16% | 0.44% | 0.16% |
| 11 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.13% | 0.35% | 0.13% |
| 12 | KB Financial Group Inc. | 0.12% | 0.25% | 0.12% |
Only in DFAX
8,325 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.99%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- ASML Holding N.V. 0.62%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54%
- SHELL PLC 0.48%
- Nestle S.A. 0.40%
- Roche Holding AG 0.39%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.38%
- Fujikura Ltd. 0.31%
- Allianz SE 0.30%
Only in IEMG
608 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.53%
- BAIDU, INC. 0.26%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.23%
- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 0.20%
- BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 0.18%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.18%
- SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION 0.17%
- HonPrecision Inc 0.15%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.12%
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- DFAX vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 56.4%
- DFAX vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 56.3%
- DFAX vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 52.7%
- DFAX vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 48.6%
More comparisons with IEMG
- IEMG vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 22.8%
- IEMG vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 20.4%
- IEMG vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 20.3%
- IEMG vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 20.3%
- IEMG vs EWY · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 19.5%
- IEMG vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 17.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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