ETF comparison
DFIV vs VSGX
Both International Total.
Dimensional International Value ETF · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
416 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIV and VSGX would leave roughly 19.8% 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
VSGX is 17 bps cheaper than DFIV. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/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 VSGX.
Top shared holdings
416 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIV | In VSGX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1.78% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 2 | Banco Santander, S.A. | 1.93% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 3 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.53% | 0.63% | 0.53% |
| 4 | UBS Group AG | 0.48% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 5 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.01% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 6 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.60% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 7 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 0.50% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 8 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.49% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 9 | Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 0.55% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 10 | BNP PARIBAS SA | 0.79% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 11 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.95% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 12 | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | 0.41% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
Only in DFIV
188 total- SHELL PLC 3.17%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 2.05%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.27%
- BP P.L.C. 1.01%
- ENI S.P.A. 0.86%
- COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN SA 0.85%
- ENGIE SA 0.84%
- Holcim AG 0.82%
- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.82%
- SHELL PLC 0.79%
Only in VSGX
6,147 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.46%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.00%
- SK hynix Inc 2.55%
- ASML Holding NV 1.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.90%
- Novartis AG 0.87%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.84%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.84%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.81%
- Nestle SA 0.79%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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