ETF comparison
DFIC vs EWL
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and EWL would leave roughly 5.1% 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 EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for EWL.
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 EWL.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In EWL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 0.63% | 14.03% | 0.63% |
| 2 | Nestle S.A. | 0.62% | 12.34% | 0.62% |
| 3 | ABB Ltd | 0.25% | 5.41% | 0.25% |
| 4 | UBS Group AG | 0.24% | 5.13% | 0.24% |
| 5 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.23% | 4.44% | 0.23% |
| 6 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.20% | 1.37% | 0.20% |
| 7 | Swiss Re AG | 0.19% | 2.32% | 0.19% |
| 8 | Sandoz Group AG | 0.18% | 1.93% | 0.18% |
| 9 | Swisscom AG | 0.17% | 1.29% | 0.17% |
| 10 | Holcim AG | 0.16% | 2.64% | 0.16% |
| 11 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 0.16% | 4.78% | 0.16% |
| 12 | Julius Baer Gruppe AG | 0.14% | 1.03% | 0.14% |
Only in DFIC
3,997 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
- SHELL PLC 0.98%
- Novartis AG 0.76%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%
- Allianz SE 0.48%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.45%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.42%
Only in EWL
0 totalEvery EWL position is also held by DFIC.
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- DFIC vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 4.3%
- DFIC vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 3.1%
- DFIC vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 2.0%
- DFIC vs EWH · iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF 0.9%
More comparisons with EWL
- EWL vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 4.9%
- EWL vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 4.9%
- EWL vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 4.7%
- EWL vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 4.1%
- EWL vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 1.9%
- EWL vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 1.8%
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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