ETF comparison
DFAX vs VEA
International Total vs International Developed.
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3,066 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and VEA would leave roughly 46.6% 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
VEA is 25 bps cheaper than DFAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
3,066 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAX | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.34% | 1.55% | 1.34% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc. | 0.81% | 1.39% | 0.81% |
| 3 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.54% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 0.40% | 0.82% | 0.40% |
| 5 | Roche Holding AG | 0.39% | 0.89% | 0.39% |
| 6 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.38% | 0.55% | 0.38% |
| 7 | Allianz SE | 0.30% | 0.56% | 0.30% |
| 8 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.27% | 0.67% | 0.27% |
| 9 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.26% | 0.29% | 0.26% |
| 10 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.26% | 0.46% | 0.26% |
| 11 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.26% | 0.90% | 0.26% |
| 12 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.25% | 0.65% | 0.25% |
Only in DFAX
7,318 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.87%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.99%
- 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%
- BP P.L.C. 0.25%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.22%
Only in VEA
796 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.43%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.35%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.31%
- Investor AB 0.23%
- Air Liquide SA 0.22%
- L'Oreal SA 0.18%
- Goodman Group 0.13%
- ORIX Corp 0.13%
- Japan Post Bank Co Ltd 0.10%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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