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DISV vs VWO

International Developed vs International Emerging.

Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

DISV unmatched 96.5% Shared 0.0% VWO unmatched 95.4%

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
1,599 positions
Shared
2 positions
In VWO only
4,978 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%
VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$164.66B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
2.14%
Top-10 conc.
27.4%

Sub-score comparison

58
Cost
94
78
Tax efficiency
76
88
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
75
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Tracking quality
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DISV sub-score VWO

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

Cost difference

VWO 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 VWO.

Top shared holdings

2 shared in total
# Holding In DISV In VWO Overlap
1 PAX GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0.04% 0.00% 0.00%
2 VIOHALCO SA 0.00% 0.01% 0.00%

Only in DISV

1,599 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 VWO

4,978 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.56%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.31%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.41%
  • MediaTek Inc 1.36%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.90%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 0.82%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.81%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.78%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.69%

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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.