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DFIC vs IEMG

International Developed vs International Emerging.

Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and IEMG would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFIC unmatched 93.7% Shared 0.0% IEMG unmatched 99.5%

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.

In DFIC only
4,035 positions
Shared
2 positions
In IEMG only
2,665 positions

Side by side

DFIC

Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF

Dimensional · International Developed

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.22%
Net assets
$15.15B
TTM yield
2.56%
Top-10 conc.
6.9%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$160.08B
TTM yield
2.37%
Top-10 conc.
34.0%

Sub-score comparison

78
Cost
91
78
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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DFIC sub-score IEMG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IEMG is 13 bps cheaper than DFIC. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with DFIC vs IEMG.

Top shared holdings

2 shared in total
# Holding In DFIC In IEMG Overlap
1 VALTERRA PLATINUM LIMITED 0.00% 0.15% 0.00%
2 VIOHALCO SA 0.00% 0.01% 0.00%

Only in DFIC

4,035 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 IEMG

2,665 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
  • SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.42%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%

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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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