ETF comparison
DFIV vs IEFA
International Total vs International Developed.
Dimensional International Value ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
497 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIV and IEFA would leave roughly 32.3% 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
IEFA is 20 bps cheaper than DFIV. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/yr more in fees for DFIV.
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 DFIV vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
497 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIV | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 1.93% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 0.79% | 1.00% | 0.79% |
| 3 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.74% | 1.42% | 0.74% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1.78% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 5 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 2.05% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 6 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.01% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 7 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.53% | 0.93% | 0.53% |
| 8 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.60% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 9 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 0.82% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 10 | BNP PARIBAS SA | 0.79% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 11 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 0.67% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 12 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 0.55% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
Only in DFIV
107 total- SHELL PLC 3.17%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.27%
- BP P.L.C. 1.01%
- Novartis AG 0.65%
- FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.60%
- BANK OF MONTREAL 0.50%
- TOURMALINE OIL CORP. 0.47%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.41%
- THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.41%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.36%
Only in IEFA
2,116 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.82%
- SAP SE 0.74%
- Allianz SE 0.74%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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