ETF comparison
DFIV vs IXUS
Both International Total.
Dimensional International Value ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
531 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIV and IXUS would leave roughly 23.5% 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
IXUS 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 IXUS.
Top shared holdings
531 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIV | In IXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.74% | 0.86% | 0.74% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 0.79% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 3 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.53% | 0.56% | 0.53% |
| 4 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 1.93% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 5 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1.78% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 6 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 2.05% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 7 | UBS Group AG | 0.48% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 8 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.01% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 9 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.36% | 0.47% | 0.36% |
| 10 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.60% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 11 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 0.82% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 12 | BNP PARIBAS SA | 0.79% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
Only in DFIV
73 total- SHELL PLC 3.17%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.27%
- BP P.L.C. 1.01%
- Novartis AG 0.65%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.41%
- Amrize AG 0.34%
- UBS Group AG 0.29%
- BARCLAYS PLC 0.27%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 0.21%
- ArcelorMittal SA 0.20%
Only in IXUS
3,958 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.29%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.92%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.51%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.48%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 0.88%
- Roche Holding AG 0.72%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.69%
- Novartis AG 0.68%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.60%
- Nestle S.A. 0.60%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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