ETF comparison
DFAX vs VT
International Total vs Global Stock (incl. US).
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
6,384 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and VT would leave roughly 30.5% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VT is 22 bps cheaper than DFAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 VT.
Top shared holdings
6,384 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAX | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 1.87% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.34% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 0.81% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 0.49% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 5 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.26% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 6 | Roche Holding AG | 0.39% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 0.40% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 8 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.27% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 9 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.20% | 0.24% | 0.20% |
| 10 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.20% | 0.22% | 0.20% |
| 11 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.25% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 12 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in DFAX
4,000 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.99%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- ASML Holding N.V. 0.62%
- 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%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.16%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.15%
Only in VT
3,666 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
- Micron Technology Inc 0.80%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with DFAX
- DFAX vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 27.0%
- 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%
- 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%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs JGLO · Jpmorgan Global Select Equity ETF 28.7%
- VT vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 27.5%
- VT vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 27.5%
- VT vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 26.2%
- VT vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 25.6%
- VT vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 25.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open DFAX or VT at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.