ETF comparison
AVDE vs DFIC
Both International Developed.
Avantis International Equity ETF · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF
Holdings overlap
2,731 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDE and DFIC would leave roughly 61.8% 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
DFIC is 1 bps cheaper than AVDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 DFIC.
Top shared holdings
2,731 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVDE | In DFIC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding NV | 1.32% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 2 | Shell PLC | 0.85% | 0.98% | 0.85% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 0.93% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 4 | Novartis AG | 0.53% | 0.76% | 0.53% |
| 5 | Nestle SA | 0.50% | 0.62% | 0.50% |
| 6 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.83% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 7 | Allianz SE | 0.56% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 8 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA | 0.62% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 9 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | 0.48% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 10 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.46% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 11 | BP PLC | 0.47% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 12 | UniCredit SpA | 0.34% | 0.40% | 0.34% |
Only in AVDE
598 total- ING Groep NV 0.46%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.42%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.32%
- Mizuho Financial Group Inc 0.28%
- Commerzbank AG 0.21%
- AerCap Holdings NV 0.21%
- ORIX Corp 0.18%
- 3i Group PLC 0.15%
- Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd 0.08%
- Millicom International Cellular SA 0.08%
Only in DFIC
1,306 total- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.42%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.36%
- RIO TINTO PLC 0.34%
- Sony Group Corporation 0.31%
- ENI S.P.A. 0.28%
- BARCLAYS PLC 0.26%
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA 0.24%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.23%
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- AVDE vs DFAI · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF 57.0%
- AVDE vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 54.7%
- AVDE vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 50.3%
- AVDE vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 50.1%
- AVDE vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 50.0%
- AVDE vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 49.1%
More comparisons with DFIC
- DFIC vs IDEV · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 56.0%
- DFIC vs IEFA · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 55.5%
- DFIC vs VEA · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 52.5%
- DFIC vs SPDW · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF 51.7%
- DFIC vs SCHF · Schwab International Equity ETF 50.1%
- DFIC vs PXF · Invesco RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. ETF 48.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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