ETF comparison
DLS vs IEFA
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
679 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DLS and IEFA would leave roughly 3.6% 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
IEFA is 51 bps cheaper than DLS. On a $100,000 position that's about $510/yr more in fees for DLS.
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 DLS vs IEFA.
Top shared holdings
679 shared in total| # | Holding | In DLS | In IEFA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAIYO YUDEN CO LTD | 0.57% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 2 | AIXTRON SE | 0.26% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 3 | MAN GROUP PLC | 0.54% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 4 | PLUS500 LTD | 0.64% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 5 | NICHIAS CORP | 0.24% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 6 | TOKYO SEIMITSU CO LTD | 0.17% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 7 | LOOMIS AB | 0.23% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 8 | MEGA OR HOLDINGS LTD | 0.31% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 9 | AMP LTD | 0.11% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 10 | SPAREBANK 1 SMN ASA | 0.35% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 11 | VALEO SE | 0.29% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 12 | TEL AVIV STOCK EXCHANGE LTD (THE) | 0.10% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in DLS
341 total- SWIRE PACIFIC LTD 0.29%
- SPAREBANKEN NORGE AS 0.27%
- BUMITAMA AGRI LTD 0.26%
- VEIDEKKE ASA 0.26%
- BANCO DI DESIO E DELLA BRIANZA SPA 0.24%
- DALRYMPLE BAY INFRASTRUCTURE LTD 0.21%
- FAES FARMA SA 0.19%
- CHESNARA PLC 0.15%
- RATIO ENERGIES LP 0.15%
- CSE GLOBAL LTD 0.14%
Only in IEFA
1,934 total- ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
- Roche Holding AG 1.20%
- Novartis AG 1.12%
- Nestle S.A. 1.00%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%
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- DLS vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 3.0%
- DLS vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 2.9%
- DLS vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 2.3%
- DLS vs HEDJ · WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund 2.3%
- DLS vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 2.1%
More comparisons with IEFA
- IEFA vs EWP · iShares MSCI Spain ETF 3.5%
- IEFA vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 3.2%
- IEFA vs EWH · iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF 1.6%
- IEFA vs EWS · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF 1.6%
- IEFA vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 0.2%
- IEFA vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 0.1%
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
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/methodology/.
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