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DISV vs EWG

Both International Developed.

Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF · iShares MSCI Germany ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.2 %

4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DISV and EWG would leave roughly 1.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DISV unmatched 95.3% Shared 1.2% EWG unmatched 98.3%

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
1,597 positions
Shared
4 positions
In EWG only
50 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%
EWG

iShares MSCI Germany ETF

iShares · International Developed

56 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$1.47B
TTM yield
2.03%
Top-10 conc.
62.4%

Sub-score comparison

58
Cost
51
78
Tax efficiency
79
88
Liquidity
64
100
Concentration
25
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Tracking quality
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DISV sub-score EWG

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

Cost difference

DISV is 7 bps cheaper than EWG. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for EWG.

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 EWG.

Top shared holdings

4 shared in total
# Holding In DISV In EWG Overlap
1 Fresenius Medical Care AG 0.67% 0.48% 0.48%
2 Brenntag SE 0.33% 0.41% 0.33%
3 Evonik Industries AG 0.57% 0.25% 0.25%
4 Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.14% 0.29% 0.14%

Only in DISV

1,597 total
  • Swiss Prime Site AG 0.89%
  • CARREFOUR SA 0.76%
  • SYENSQO NV 0.70%
  • KINGFISHER PLC 0.62%
  • ALSTOM SA 0.59%
  • VALEO SE 0.57%
  • Adecco Group AG 0.56%
  • LION FINANCE GROUP PLC 0.55%
  • The Swatch Group AG 0.54%
  • Centerra Gold Inc. 0.54%

Only in EWG

50 total
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 11.97%
  • SAP SE 9.49%
  • Allianz SE 8.47%
  • Siemens Energy AG 7.37%
  • Infineon Technologies AG 6.22%
  • Deutsche Telekom AG 6.21%
  • Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 3.48%
  • Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen 3.45%
  • Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2.96%
  • Deutsche Post AG 2.75%

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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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