ETF comparison
DFIC vs EWA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares MSCI Australia ETF
Holdings overlap
41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and EWA would leave roughly 3.1% 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 28 bps cheaper than EWA. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for EWA.
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 EWA.
Top shared holdings
41 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In EWA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.42% | 15.69% | 0.42% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.21% | 13.76% | 0.21% |
| 3 | QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED | 0.17% | 1.70% | 0.17% |
| 4 | RIO TINTO LIMITED | 0.17% | 3.45% | 0.17% |
| 5 | WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD | 0.16% | 2.89% | 0.16% |
| 6 | WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION | 0.16% | 6.14% | 0.16% |
| 7 | NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED | 0.14% | 5.71% | 0.14% |
| 8 | SANTOS LIMITED | 0.12% | 1.27% | 0.12% |
| 9 | WESFARMERS LIMITED | 0.11% | 4.51% | 0.11% |
| 10 | ANZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.11% | 5.30% | 0.11% |
| 11 | NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD | 0.11% | 1.29% | 0.11% |
| 12 | WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED | 0.08% | 2.14% | 0.08% |
Only in DFIC
3,996 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
- SHELL PLC 0.98%
- Novartis AG 0.76%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72%
- Roche Holding AG 0.63%
- 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%
Only in EWA
5 total- GOODMAN GROUP 3.22%
- CSL LIMITED 2.34%
- SCENTRE GROUP 0.99%
- Vicinity Centres 0.49%
- STOCKLAND CORPORATION LTD 0.49%
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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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