ETF comparison
DFAXvsIXUS
Both International Total.
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
3,418 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and IXUS would leave roughly55.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IXUS 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with DFAX vs IXUS.
Top shared holdings
3,418 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAX | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 1.45% | 4.02% | 1.45% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.12% | 1.68% | 1.12% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 0.59% | 1.15% | 0.59% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 0.50% | 0.91% | 0.50% |
| 5 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.60% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 6 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.40% | 0.43% | 0.40% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 0.36% | 0.61% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Roche Holding AG | 0.30% | 0.68% | 0.30% |
| 9 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.28% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 10 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.24% | 0.34% | 0.24% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.24% | 0.47% | 0.24% |
| 12 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.23% | 0.67% | 0.23% |
Only in DFAX
7,065 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP4.48%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited1.01%
- Novartis AG0.66%
- ASML Holding N.V.0.56%
- SHELL PLC0.49%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.27%
- BP P.L.C.0.25%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC0.25%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.0.18%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED0.16%
Only in IXUS
736 total- SoftBank Group Corp.0.30%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.20%
- Investor Aktiebolag0.17%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A.0.17%
- Prosus N.V.0.15%
- SK Square Co., Ltd.0.13%
- Nu Holdings Ltd.0.12%
- Kioxia Holdings Corporation0.11%
- GOODMAN GROUP0.11%
- NASPERS LIMITED0.10%
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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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