ETF comparison
DFIC vs VPL
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,484 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and VPL would leave roughly 28.1% 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
VPL 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with DFIC vs VPL.
Top shared holdings
1,484 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In VPL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.46% | 1.66% | 0.46% |
| 2 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.42% | 1.77% | 0.42% |
| 3 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.36% | 2.00% | 0.36% |
| 4 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.32% | 1.19% | 0.32% |
| 5 | Sony Group Corporation | 0.31% | 1.14% | 0.31% |
| 6 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.28% | 1.18% | 0.28% |
| 7 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.26% | 1.21% | 0.26% |
| 8 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.23% | 0.96% | 0.23% |
| 9 | Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | 0.22% | 0.78% | 0.22% |
| 10 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.21% | 1.72% | 0.21% |
| 11 | KDDI CORPORATION | 0.20% | 0.43% | 0.20% |
| 12 | Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 0.19% | 0.88% | 0.19% |
Only in DFIC
2,553 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%
- ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.45%
Only in VPL
853 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.61%
- SK hynix Inc 5.18%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.96%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.83%
- SK Square Co Ltd 0.51%
- ORIX Corp 0.37%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.35%
- CSL Ltd 0.35%
- Goodman Group 0.34%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.33%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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