ETF comparison
DISV vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
715 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DISV and IEFA would leave roughly 5.4% 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
IEFA is 35 bps cheaper than DISV. On a $100,000 position that's about $350/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 IEFA.
Top shared holdings
715 shared in total| # | Holding | In DISV | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AVIVA PLC | 0.14% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 2 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.18% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 3 | Julius Baer Gruppe AG | 0.08% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 4 | TELECOM ITALIA SPA | 0.15% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | UPM-Kymmene Oyj | 0.11% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | Swiss Prime Site AG | 0.89% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 7 | AGEAS SA | 0.17% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 8 | BANKINTER, S.A. | 0.23% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | AEGON LTD. | 0.07% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | BANK OF IRELAND GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.04% | 0.08% | 0.04% |
| 11 | WASHINGTON H. SOUL PATTINSON AND COMPANY LIMITED | 0.06% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | CARREFOUR SA | 0.76% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in DISV
886 total- Centerra Gold Inc. 0.54%
- AEGON LTD. 0.45%
- CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED 0.44%
- CAPSTONE COPPER CORP. 0.44%
- PEYTO EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT CORP. 0.42%
- NORTHLAND POWER INC 0.40%
- BAYTEX ENERGY CORP. 0.37%
- EQB INC. 0.37%
- Linamar Corporation 0.35%
- RUSSEL METALS INC. 0.34%
Only in IEFA
1,898 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with DISV
- DISV vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 5.4%
- DISV vs AVIV · Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF 5.3%
- DISV vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 4.9%
- DISV vs FNDF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF 4.9%
- DISV vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 4.6%
- DISV vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 4.5%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 5.1%
- IEFA vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 3.6%
- IEFA vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 3.5%
- IEFA vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 3.2%
- IEFA vs EWH · iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF 1.6%
- IEFA vs EWS · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF 1.6%
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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