ETF comparison
AVDE vs DFAI
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Equity ETF · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
2,676 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and DFAI would leave roughly 57.0% 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
DFAI is 5 bps cheaper than AVDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for AVDE.
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 AVDE vs DFAI.
Top shared holdings
2,676 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In DFAI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 1.32% | 1.63% | 1.32% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 0.93% | 1.05% | 0.93% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 0.56% | 0.59% | 0.56% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 0.53% | 0.67% | 0.53% |
| 5 | Nestle SA | 0.50% | 0.84% | 0.50% |
| 6 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.48% | 0.55% | 0.48% |
| 7 | Safran SA | 0.54% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 8 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.46% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 9 | Advantest Corp | 0.42% | 0.54% | 0.42% |
| 10 | AstraZeneca PLC | 0.40% | 0.81% | 0.40% |
| 11 | BNP Paribas SA | 0.44% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 12 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 0.42% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
Only in AVDE
653 total- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- BP PLC 0.47%
- ING Groep NV 0.46%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.42%
- Barclays PLC 0.39%
- GSK PLC 0.37%
- Rio Tinto PLC 0.35%
- Lloyds Banking Group PLC 0.33%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.32%
- NatWest Group PLC 0.29%
Only in DFAI
998 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
- SHELL PLC 1.01%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%
- Sony Group Corporation 0.54%
- BP P.L.C. 0.50%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.47%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.43%
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- AVDE vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 49.1%
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- DFAI vs ESGD · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF 50.1%
- DFAI vs IEUR · iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF 48.8%
- DFAI vs VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 47.7%
- DFAI vs JIRE · JPMorgan International Research Enhanced Equity ETF 42.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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