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ETF comparison

DISV vs IEMG

International Developed vs International Emerging.

Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DISV and IEMG would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DISV unmatched 96.5% Shared 0.0% IEMG unmatched 99.5%

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
1,600 positions
Shared
1 positions
In IEMG only
2,666 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%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$160.08B
TTM yield
2.37%
Top-10 conc.
34.0%

Sub-score comparison

58
Cost
91
78
Tax efficiency
76
88
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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DISV sub-score IEMG

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

Cost difference

IEMG is 33 bps cheaper than DISV. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 IEMG.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In DISV In IEMG Overlap
1 VIOHALCO SA 0.00% 0.01% 0.00%

Only in DISV

1,600 total
  • Swiss Prime Site AG 0.89%
  • CARREFOUR SA 0.76%
  • SYENSQO NV 0.70%
  • Fresenius Medical Care AG 0.67%
  • KINGFISHER PLC 0.62%
  • ALSTOM SA 0.59%
  • Evonik Industries AG 0.57%
  • VALEO SE 0.57%
  • Adecco Group AG 0.56%
  • LION FINANCE GROUP PLC 0.55%

Only in IEMG

2,666 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
  • SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.42%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.