ETF comparison
DFIV vs VXUS
Both International Total.
Dimensional International Value ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
552 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIV and VXUS would leave roughly 22.7% 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
VXUS is 22 bps cheaper than DFIV. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
552 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIV | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.74% | 0.83% | 0.74% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 0.79% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 3 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.53% | 0.55% | 0.53% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 1.78% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 5 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 2.05% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 6 | UBS Group AG | 0.48% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 7 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.36% | 0.46% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 1.01% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 9 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.60% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 10 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 0.50% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 11 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 0.82% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 12 | BNP PARIBAS SA | 0.79% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
Only in DFIV
52 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 VXUS
8,184 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
- Nestle SA 0.59%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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