ETF comparison
DISV vs VSS
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
819 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DISV and VSS would leave roughly 21.3% 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
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VSS 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 VSS.
Top shared holdings
819 shared in total| # | Holding | In DISV | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hudbay Minerals Inc. | 0.28% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 2 | South Bow Corporation | 0.26% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 3 | thyssenkrupp AG | 0.37% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 4 | JYSKE BANK A/S | 0.31% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 5 | AL Sydbank A/S | 0.42% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 6 | CAPSTONE COPPER CORP. | 0.44% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 7 | voestalpine AG | 0.50% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 8 | SSR MINING INC. | 0.21% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 9 | Aurubis AG | 0.51% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 10 | LION FINANCE GROUP PLC | 0.55% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 11 | OceanaGold Corporation | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 12 | INVESTEC PLC | 0.15% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in DISV
782 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%
- The Swatch Group AG 0.54%
- WHITBREAD PLC 0.51%
- MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 0.51%
Only in VSS
3,999 total- Aritzia Inc 0.27%
- Finning International Inc 0.24%
- Storebrand ASA 0.24%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
- Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
- Subsea 7 SA 0.21%
- Aedifica SA 0.21%
- Capital Power Corp 0.21%
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- DISV vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 21.0%
- DISV vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 15.1%
- DISV vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 12.2%
- DISV vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 7.5%
- DISV vs DXJ · WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund 5.8%
- DISV vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 5.6%
More comparisons with VSS
- VSS vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 18.5%
- VSS vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 15.5%
- VSS vs AVDE · Avantis International Equity ETF 14.6%
- VSS vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 7.9%
- VSS vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 7.9%
- VSS vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 7.8%
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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