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DISV vs VXUS

International Developed vs International Total.

Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.8 %

1,026 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DISV and VXUS would leave roughly 3.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DISV unmatched 92.6% Shared 3.8% VXUS unmatched 93.6%

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
575 positions
Shared
1,026 positions
In VXUS only
7,710 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%
VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Total

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$649.29B
whole fund, 6 share classes
TTM yield
2.41%
Top-10 conc.
13.2%

Sub-score comparison

58
Cost
95
78
Tax efficiency
78
88
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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DISV sub-score VXUS

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

Cost difference

VXUS is 37 bps cheaper than DISV. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/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 VXUS.

Top shared holdings

1,026 shared in total
# Holding In DISV In VXUS Overlap
1 AVIVA PLC 0.14% 0.06% 0.06%
2 Helvetia Baloise Holding AG 0.18% 0.05% 0.05%
3 BANK OF IRELAND GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
4 Julius Baer Gruppe AG 0.08% 0.04% 0.04%
5 AGEAS SA 0.17% 0.04% 0.04%
6 TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.15% 0.03% 0.03%
7 UPM-Kymmene Oyj 0.11% 0.03% 0.03%
8 ARC RESOURCES LTD. 0.33% 0.03% 0.03%
9 Swiss Prime Site AG 0.89% 0.03% 0.03%
10 AEGON LTD. 0.07% 0.03% 0.03%
11 AltaGas Ltd. 0.21% 0.03% 0.03%
12 BANKINTER, S.A. 0.23% 0.03% 0.03%

Only in DISV

575 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 VXUS

7,710 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
  • ASML Holding NV 1.45%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.43%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.70%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
  • Novartis AG 0.66%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%

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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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