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ETF comparison

DFIC vs SPDW

Both International Developed.

Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
51.7 %

1,703 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and SPDW would leave roughly 51.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFIC unmatched 42.0% Shared 51.7% SPDW unmatched 46.9%

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
2,334 positions
Shared
1,703 positions
In SPDW only
725 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%
SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

State Street · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$41.14B
TTM yield
3.09%
Top-10 conc.
14.0%

Sub-score comparison

78
Cost
97
78
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
94
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Tracking quality
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DFIC sub-score SPDW

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

Cost difference

SPDW is 19 bps cheaper than DFIC. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 SPDW.

Top shared holdings

1,703 shared in total
# Holding In DFIC In SPDW Overlap
1 Roche Holding AG 0.63% 0.86% 0.63%
2 Nestle S.A. 0.62% 0.80% 0.62%
3 Allianz SE 0.48% 0.53% 0.48%
4 TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72% 0.47% 0.47%
5 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46% 0.61% 0.46%
6 ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.45% 0.51% 0.45%
7 BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.42% 0.63% 0.42%
8 UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.40% 0.43% 0.40%
9 Infineon Technologies AG 0.37% 0.36% 0.36%
10 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.36% 0.72% 0.36%
11 ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.33% 0.87% 0.33%
12 Hitachi, Ltd. 0.32% 0.38% 0.32%

Only in DFIC

2,334 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
  • SHELL PLC 0.98%
  • Novartis AG 0.76%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%
  • BP P.L.C. 0.40%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.26%
  • LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC 0.18%
  • UNILEVER PLC 0.17%
  • NATWEST GROUP PLC 0.15%

Only in SPDW

725 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.96%
  • SK hynix Inc 2.79%
  • Shell PLC 0.68%
  • SoftBank Group Corp 0.44%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.33%
  • SK Square Co Ltd 0.29%
  • Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.23%
  • Investor AB 0.23%
  • Spotify Technology SA 0.21%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.17%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.