ETF comparison
DLS vs VEA
Both International Developed.
WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
717 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DLS and VEA would leave roughly 2.9% 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
VEA is 55 bps cheaper than DLS. On a $100,000 position that's about $550/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
717 shared in total| # | Holding | In DLS | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAIYO YUDEN CO LTD | 0.57% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 2 | AIXTRON SE | 0.26% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 3 | MEGA OR HOLDINGS LTD | 0.31% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 4 | TOKYO SEIMITSU CO LTD | 0.17% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 5 | MAN GROUP PLC | 0.54% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 6 | PLUS500 LTD | 0.64% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 7 | DEXERIALS CORP | 0.16% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 8 | NITTO BOSEKI CO LTD | 0.04% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 9 | INFICON HOLDING AG | 0.25% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 10 | MEIKO ELECTRONICS COMPANY LTD | 0.08% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 11 | TEL AVIV STOCK EXCHANGE LTD (THE) | 0.10% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 12 | GS YUASA CORP | 0.12% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in DLS
303 total- SPAREBANK 1 NORD-NORGE ASA 0.31%
- BANCO DI DESIO E DELLA BRIANZA SPA 0.24%
- POLAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS PLC 0.22%
- AYALON INSURANCE CO LTD 0.22%
- DALRYMPLE BAY INFRASTRUCTURE LTD 0.21%
- CRYSTAL INTERNATIONAL GROUP LTD 0.20%
- FAES FARMA SA 0.19%
- PUUILO OYJ 0.19%
- MACMAHON HOLDINGS LTD 0.18%
- TASMEA LTD 0.16%
Only in VEA
3,145 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
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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/.
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