ETF comparison
DFIC vs VEA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,655 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and VEA would leave roughly 52.5% 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
VEA 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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
2,655 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 0.63% | 0.89% | 0.63% |
| 2 | Nestle S.A. | 0.62% | 0.82% | 0.62% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 0.48% | 0.56% | 0.48% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.46% | 0.55% | 0.46% |
| 5 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.72% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 6 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.45% | 0.50% | 0.45% |
| 7 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.42% | 0.65% | 0.42% |
| 8 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.40% | 0.42% | 0.40% |
| 9 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.37% | 0.38% | 0.37% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.36% | 0.67% | 0.36% |
| 11 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.33% | 0.87% | 0.33% |
| 12 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.32% | 0.38% | 0.32% |
Only in DFIC
1,382 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 VEA
1,207 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- Shell PLC 0.67%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.43%
- Unilever PLC 0.39%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.35%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.31%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.25%
- Investor AB 0.23%
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- VEA vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 50.7%
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- VEA vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 47.7%
- VEA vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 46.6%
- VEA vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 46.6%
- VEA vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 43.3%
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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