ETF comparison
DFIC vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,683 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and VT would leave roughly 20.5% 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
VT is 16 bps cheaper than DFIC. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/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 VT.
Top shared holdings
2,683 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roche Holding AG | 0.63% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 2 | Nestle S.A. | 0.62% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.33% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 4 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.36% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 5 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.29% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 6 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.20% | 0.25% | 0.20% |
| 7 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.42% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 8 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.21% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 0.23% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 10 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.46% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 11 | Allianz SE | 0.48% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.72% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in DFIC
1,354 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 VT
7,367 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
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- DFIC vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 15.5%
- DFIC vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 15.5%
- DFIC vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 15.1%
- DFIC vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 14.3%
- DFIC vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 12.9%
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- VT vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 18.7%
- VT vs BBIN · JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF 18.5%
- VT vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 15.0%
- VT vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 13.8%
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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