ETF comparison
DFIC vs EWU
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
Holdings overlap
62 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and EWU would leave roughly 6.3% 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 EWU. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for EWU.
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 EWU.
Top shared holdings
62 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In EWU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.45% | 4.71% | 0.45% |
| 2 | RIO TINTO PLC | 0.34% | 3.74% | 0.34% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.33% | 8.98% | 0.33% |
| 4 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.26% | 2.64% | 0.26% |
| 5 | TESCO PLC | 0.25% | 1.15% | 0.25% |
| 6 | STANDARD CHARTERED PLC | 0.24% | 1.60% | 0.24% |
| 7 | GSK PLC | 0.22% | 3.21% | 0.22% |
| 8 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | 0.18% | 2.55% | 0.18% |
| 9 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 0.18% | 4.20% | 0.18% |
| 10 | ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | 0.17% | 1.87% | 0.17% |
| 11 | BT GROUP PLC | 0.16% | 0.52% | 0.16% |
| 12 | SSE PLC | 0.15% | 1.18% | 0.15% |
Only in DFIC
3,975 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 EWU
10 total- SHELL PLC 7.51%
- UNILEVER PLC 3.83%
- DIAGEO PLC 1.42%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.94%
- SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.39%
- M&G PLC 0.30%
- LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC 0.19%
- SCHRODERS PLC 0.18%
- Entain plc 0.14%
- NMC HEALTH PLC 0.00%
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- DFIC vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 5.1%
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- DFIC vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 4.7%
- 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%
More comparisons with EWU
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- EWU vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 2.9%
- EWU vs FNDC · Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF 1.3%
- EWU vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 0.9%
- EWU vs SCZ · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF 0.7%
- EWU vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 0.3%
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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