ETF comparison
DFAX vs VWO
International Total vs International Emerging.
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3,406 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and VWO would leave roughly 23.2% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VWO 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 VWO.
Top shared holdings
3,406 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAX | In VWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 1.87% | 15.56% | 1.87% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 0.49% | 3.31% | 0.49% |
| 3 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.21% | 1.36% | 0.21% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.20% | 2.41% | 0.20% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.19% | 0.90% | 0.19% |
| 6 | UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. | 0.18% | 0.27% | 0.18% |
| 7 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.16% | 0.49% | 0.16% |
| 8 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.13% | 0.42% | 0.13% |
| 9 | CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.12% | 0.30% | 0.12% |
| 10 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.12% | 0.81% | 0.12% |
| 11 | TS Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.12% | 0.22% | 0.12% |
| 12 | Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. | 0.11% | 0.19% | 0.11% |
Only in DFAX
6,978 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.34%
- SK hynix Inc. 0.81%
- 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%
Only in VWO
1,574 total- Bajaj Finance Ltd 0.28%
- Baidu Inc 0.26%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.20%
- Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd 0.14%
- Itausa SA 0.14%
- Shriram Finance Ltd 0.13%
- PTT PCL 0.12%
- Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor Ltd 0.10%
- Kasikornbank PCL 0.09%
- Advanced Info Service PCL 0.09%
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