ETF comparison
DFIC vs EFG
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
334 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and EFG would leave roughly 26.4% 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
DFIC is 12 bps cheaper than EFG. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for EFG.
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 DFIC vs EFG.
Top shared holdings
334 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In EFG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 0.63% | 1.00% | 0.63% |
| 2 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.45% | 1.55% | 0.45% |
| 3 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.42% | 0.69% | 0.42% |
| 4 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.41% | 0.98% | 0.41% |
| 5 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.37% | 0.87% | 0.37% |
| 6 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.33% | 2.38% | 0.33% |
| 7 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.32% | 1.34% | 0.32% |
| 8 | Sony Group Corporation | 0.31% | 1.26% | 0.31% |
| 9 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.29% | 0.79% | 0.29% |
| 10 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.28% | 1.34% | 0.28% |
| 11 | Siemens Energy AG | 0.28% | 1.23% | 0.28% |
| 12 | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.27% | 0.45% | 0.27% |
Only in DFIC
3,703 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
- SHELL PLC 0.98%
- Novartis AG 0.76%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72%
- Nestle S.A. 0.62%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%
- Allianz SE 0.48%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46%
- BP P.L.C. 0.40%
Only in EFG
25 total- Investor Aktiebolag 0.69%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.68%
- GOODMAN GROUP 0.38%
- SEA LIMITED 0.38%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.38%
- STMicroelectronics N.V. 0.31%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.13%
- RYANAIR HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.11%
- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0.09%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.08%
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- DFIC vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 20.5%
- DFIC vs FLJP · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF 18.5%
- DFIC vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 15.5%
More comparisons with EFG
- EFG vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 26.2%
- EFG vs FEZ · State Street SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF 24.8%
- EFG vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 22.8%
- EFG vs FLJP · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF 22.7%
- EFG vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 22.4%
- EFG vs EWJ · iShares MSCI Japan ETF 22.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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