ETF comparison
DFIV vs VEA
International Total vs International Developed.
Dimensional International Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
549 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIV and VEA would leave roughly 28.4% 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 24 bps cheaper than DFIV. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
549 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIV | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.74% | 1.00% | 0.74% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 0.79% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 3 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 1.93% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1.78% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 5 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.53% | 0.67% | 0.53% |
| 6 | UBS Group AG | 0.48% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 7 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 2.05% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 8 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.01% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 9 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.60% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 10 | BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. | 0.67% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 11 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 0.50% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 12 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 0.82% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
Only in DFIV
55 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%
- UBS Group AG 0.29%
- BARCLAYS PLC 0.27%
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 0.21%
- ArcelorMittal SA 0.20%
- NATWEST GROUP PLC 0.19%
Only in VEA
3,313 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
- Siemens AG 0.73%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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