ETF comparison
DFIC vs SCZ
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
1,529 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and SCZ would leave roughly 24.5% 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 18 bps cheaper than SCZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for SCZ.
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 SCZ.
Top shared holdings
1,529 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In SCZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IMI PLC | 0.09% | 0.27% | 0.09% |
| 2 | Games Workshop Group PLC | 0.09% | 0.24% | 0.09% |
| 3 | TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. | 0.09% | 0.21% | 0.09% |
| 4 | SPIE SA | 0.09% | 0.23% | 0.09% |
| 5 | BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC | 0.09% | 0.10% | 0.09% |
| 6 | Accelleron Industries AG | 0.09% | 0.24% | 0.09% |
| 7 | GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA | 0.08% | 0.23% | 0.08% |
| 8 | MITSUI E&S Co., Ltd. | 0.12% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.08% | 0.18% | 0.08% |
| 10 | JYSKE BANK A/S | 0.08% | 0.18% | 0.08% |
| 11 | ACKERMANS & VAN HAAREN NV | 0.07% | 0.19% | 0.07% |
| 12 | SUMCO CORPORATION | 0.07% | 0.20% | 0.07% |
Only in DFIC
2,508 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 SCZ
525 total- BEAZLEY PLC 0.28%
- ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0.23%
- AEDIFICA NV 0.21%
- CHARTER HALL GROUP 0.20%
- MERLIN Properties SOCIMI, S.A. 0.20%
- ICG PLC 0.20%
- THE GPT GROUP 0.19%
- BRITISH LAND COMPANY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) 0.17%
- ABERDEEN GROUP PLC 0.16%
- LONDONMETRIC PROPERTY PLC 0.16%
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- SCZ vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 21.1%
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- SCZ vs FLJP · Franklin FTSE Japan ETF 15.4%
- SCZ vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 15.2%
- SCZ vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 13.9%
- SCZ vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 13.4%
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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