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DISV vs EFA

Both International Developed.

Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF · iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.4 %

39 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DISV and EFA would leave roughly 1.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DISV unmatched 95.1% Shared 1.4% EFA unmatched 98.2%

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.

In DISV only
1,562 positions
Shared
39 positions
In EFA only
635 positions

Side by side

DISV

Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF

Dimensional · International Developed

76 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.42%
Net assets
$5.18B
TTM yield
2.69%
Top-10 conc.
6.5%
EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.32%
Net assets
$76.70B
TTM yield
3.28%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%

Sub-score comparison

58
Cost
68
78
Tax efficiency
76
88
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
94
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Tracking quality
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DISV sub-score EFA

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

EFA is 10 bps cheaper than DISV. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for DISV.

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 DISV vs EFA.

Top shared holdings

39 shared in total
# Holding In DISV In EFA Overlap
1 AVIVA PLC 0.14% 0.13% 0.13%
2 Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 0.18% 0.09% 0.09%
3 Julius Baer Gruppe AG 0.08% 0.08% 0.08%
4 TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.15% 0.07% 0.07%
5 UPM-Kymmene Oyj 0.11% 0.07% 0.07%
6 Swiss Prime Site AG 0.89% 0.06% 0.06%
7 BANKINTER, S.A. 0.23% 0.05% 0.05%
8 AGEAS SA 0.17% 0.05% 0.05%
9 AEGON LTD. 0.07% 0.05% 0.05%
10 WASHINGTON H. SOUL PATTINSON AND COMPANY LIMITED 0.06% 0.05% 0.05%
11 CARREFOUR SA 0.76% 0.05% 0.05%
12 Fresenius Medical Care AG 0.67% 0.04% 0.04%

Only in DISV

1,562 total
  • VALEO SE 0.57%
  • Adecco Group AG 0.56%
  • LION FINANCE GROUP PLC 0.55%
  • Centerra Gold Inc. 0.54%
  • WHITBREAD PLC 0.51%
  • MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 0.51%
  • Aurubis AG 0.51%
  • voestalpine AG 0.50%
  • TP ICAP GROUP PLC 0.48%
  • PERSIMMON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.47%

Only in EFA

635 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 2.90%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.66%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.39%
  • Novartis AG 1.30%
  • Nestle S.A. 1.17%
  • SHELL PLC 1.17%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.17%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.10%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.08%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.97%

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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

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