ETF comparison
DFAX vs VXUS
Both International Total.
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
6,499 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and VXUS would leave roughly 55.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VXUS is 23 bps cheaper than DFAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
6,499 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAX | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 1.45% | 3.93% | 1.45% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.12% | 1.65% | 1.12% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 0.59% | 1.12% | 0.59% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 0.50% | 0.87% | 0.50% |
| 5 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.40% | 0.47% | 0.40% |
| 6 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.60% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 0.36% | 0.61% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Roche Holding AG | 0.30% | 0.67% | 0.30% |
| 9 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.28% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 10 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.24% | 0.31% | 0.24% |
| 11 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.23% | 0.69% | 0.23% |
| 12 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.23% | 0.59% | 0.23% |
Only in DFAX
3,984 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 4.48%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.01%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- ASML Holding N.V. 0.56%
- SHELL PLC 0.49%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.27%
- BP P.L.C. 0.25%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.25%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.18%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.16%
Only in VXUS
2,229 total- SoftBank Group Corp 0.31%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.20%
- Air Liquide SA 0.18%
- Investor AB 0.16%
- L'Oreal SA 0.15%
- Prosus NV 0.14%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.12%
- Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 0.12%
- Kioxia Holdings Corp 0.10%
- Goodman Group 0.10%
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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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