ETF comparison
DISV vs VGK
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Holdings overlap
381 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DISV and VGK would leave roughly 5.5% 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
VGK is 36 bps cheaper than DISV. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/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 VGK.
Top shared holdings
381 shared in total| # | Holding | In DISV | In VGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AVIVA PLC | 0.14% | 0.17% | 0.14% |
| 2 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.18% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 3 | AGEAS SA | 0.17% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 4 | TELECOM ITALIA SPA | 0.15% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 5 | UPM-Kymmene Oyj | 0.11% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 6 | Swiss Prime Site AG | 0.89% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | Julius Baer Gruppe AG | 0.08% | 0.11% | 0.08% |
| 8 | BANKINTER, S.A. | 0.23% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | AEGON LTD. | 0.07% | 0.08% | 0.07% |
| 10 | CARREFOUR SA | 0.76% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 11 | Fresenius Medical Care AG | 0.67% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | BEAZLEY PLC | 0.35% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in DISV
1,220 total- Centerra Gold Inc. 0.54%
- MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 0.51%
- 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%
- Hirogin Holdings, Inc. 0.39%
- Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings, Inc. 0.39%
- BAYTEX ENERGY CORP. 0.37%
Only in VGK
847 total- ASML Holding NV 3.95%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 2.27%
- Roche Holding AG 1.91%
- Novartis AG 1.81%
- Nestle SA 1.60%
- AstraZeneca PLC 1.59%
- Siemens AG 1.49%
- Banco Santander SA 1.28%
- Allianz SE 1.18%
- SAP SE 1.17%
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- 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%
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- VGK vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 1.9%
- VGK vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 1.0%
- VGK vs IPAC · iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF 0.0%
- VGK vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 0.0%
- VGK vs BBJP · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF 0.0%
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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