ETF comparison
DISV vs VEA
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,022 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DISV and VEA would leave roughly 4.9% 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
VEA is 39 bps cheaper than DISV. On a $100,000 position that's about $390/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
1,022 shared in total| # | Holding | In DISV | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AVIVA PLC | 0.14% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.18% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 3 | Julius Baer Gruppe AG | 0.08% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 4 | AGEAS SA | 0.17% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 5 | TELECOM ITALIA SPA | 0.15% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 6 | BANK OF IRELAND GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.04% | 0.06% | 0.04% |
| 7 | UPM-Kymmene Oyj | 0.11% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Swiss Prime Site AG | 0.89% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 9 | ARC RESOURCES LTD. | 0.33% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | AltaGas Ltd. | 0.21% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | AEGON LTD. | 0.07% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | WASHINGTON H. SOUL PATTINSON AND COMPANY LIMITED | 0.06% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in DISV
579 total- AEGON LTD. 0.45%
- EMPIRE COMPANY LIMITED 0.24%
- MULLEN GROUP LTD. 0.24%
- GEORGIA CAPITAL PLC 0.19%
- INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY 0.17%
- OVINTIV INC. 0.16%
- Porsche Automobil Holding SE 0.14%
- OVS SPA 0.13%
- KELT EXPLORATION LTD. 0.13%
- CARDINAL ENERGY LTD. 0.13%
Only in VEA
2,840 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
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- DISV vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 4.6%
- DISV vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 4.5%
- DISV vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 4.3%
- DISV vs VPL · Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares 4.3%
- DISV vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 4.0%
More comparisons with VEA
- VEA vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 4.7%
- VEA vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 4.5%
- VEA vs EWA · iShares MSCI Australia ETF 4.3%
- VEA vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 2.9%
- VEA vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 2.8%
- VEA vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 1.3%
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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