ETF comparison
DFIC vs EWC
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares MSCI Canada ETF
Holdings overlap
80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and EWC would leave roughly 4.3% 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 EWC. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for EWC.
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 EWC.
Top shared holdings
80 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In EWC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.28% | 1.85% | 0.28% |
| 2 | Cenovus Energy Incorporation . | 0.26% | 1.27% | 0.26% |
| 3 | FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.20% | 1.04% | 0.20% |
| 4 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.20% | 8.71% | 0.20% |
| 5 | Intact Financial Corporation | 0.19% | 1.14% | 0.19% |
| 6 | MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. | 0.18% | 0.56% | 0.18% |
| 7 | ARC RESOURCES LTD. | 0.14% | 0.42% | 0.14% |
| 8 | iA Financial Corporation Inc. | 0.13% | 0.37% | 0.13% |
| 9 | DOLLARAMA INC. | 0.13% | 1.14% | 0.13% |
| 10 | Lundin Mining Corporation | 0.12% | 0.66% | 0.12% |
| 11 | Nutrien Ltd. | 0.12% | 1.08% | 0.12% |
| 12 | TOURMALINE OIL CORP. | 0.12% | 0.55% | 0.12% |
Only in DFIC
3,957 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 EWC
4 total- POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA 1.08%
- BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. 0.64%
- IGM FINANCIAL INC. 0.15%
- CONSTELLATION SOFTWARE INC CANADA 0.00%
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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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