ETF comparison
DFIC vs EFV
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF
Holdings overlap
358 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and EFV would leave roughly 31.9% 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 9 bps cheaper than EFV. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for EFV.
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 EFV.
Top shared holdings
358 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In EFV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.72% | 1.54% | 0.72% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 0.63% | 1.78% | 0.63% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 0.62% | 2.29% | 0.62% |
| 4 | Allianz SE | 0.48% | 1.68% | 0.48% |
| 5 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.46% | 1.60% | 0.46% |
| 6 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.42% | 1.24% | 0.42% |
| 7 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.40% | 1.14% | 0.40% |
| 8 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 0.38% | 0.49% | 0.38% |
| 9 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.36% | 2.12% | 0.36% |
| 10 | ENGIE SA | 0.35% | 0.48% | 0.35% |
| 11 | RIO TINTO PLC | 0.34% | 0.92% | 0.34% |
| 12 | BASF SE | 0.33% | 0.47% | 0.33% |
Only in DFIC
3,679 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
- SHELL PLC 0.98%
- Novartis AG 0.76%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.45%
- Deutsche Telekom AG 0.41%
- BP P.L.C. 0.40%
- Infineon Technologies AG 0.37%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.33%
Only in EFV
46 total- SHELL PLC 2.28%
- UNILEVER PLC 1.24%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.67%
- DIAGEO PLC 0.43%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.39%
- CSL LIMITED 0.37%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.33%
- JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. 0.31%
- KYOCERA CORPORATION 0.23%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.23%
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- EFV vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 31.4%
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- EFV vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 28.9%
- EFV vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 28.0%
- EFV vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 27.8%
- EFV vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 23.3%
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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