ETF comparison
DFICvsIEFA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
2,068 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and IEFA would leave roughly54.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEFA is 15 bps cheaper than DFIC. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for DFIC.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with DFIC vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
2,068 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.82% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 2 | Nestle S.A. | 0.63% | 1.03% | 0.63% |
| 3 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.56% | 0.71% | 0.56% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 0.51% | 1.13% | 0.51% |
| 5 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.45% | 0.47% | 0.45% |
| 6 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.42% | 0.79% | 0.42% |
| 7 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.40% | 1.16% | 0.40% |
| 8 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.38% | 0.53% | 0.38% |
| 9 | Siemens Energy AG | 0.37% | 0.65% | 0.37% |
| 10 | RIO TINTO PLC | 0.36% | 0.45% | 0.36% |
| 11 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.38% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 12 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.34% | 0.43% | 0.34% |
Only in DFIC
1,952 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP2.72%
- ASML Holding N.V.0.94%
- SHELL PLC0.89%
- Novartis AG0.78%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC0.46%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.0.41%
- BP P.L.C.0.38%
- NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA0.28%
- Cenovus Energy Incorporation .0.27%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED0.27%
Only in IEFA
553 total- SHELL PLC1.02%
- UNILEVER PLC0.50%
- SoftBank Group Corp.0.50%
- Investor Aktiebolag0.29%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A.0.28%
- Prosus N.V.0.25%
- DIAGEO PLC0.18%
- GOODMAN GROUP0.17%
- ORIX CORPORATION0.15%
- STMicroelectronics N.V.0.14%
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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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