ETF comparison
DFAE vs EEM
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
987 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and EEM would leave roughly 70.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAE is 43 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/yr more in fees for EEM.
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 DFAE vs EEM.
Top shared holdings
987 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In EEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.22% | 13.14% | 12.22% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 4.35% | 6.07% | 4.35% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 3.49% | 3.45% | 3.45% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.65% | 3.61% | 2.65% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.40% | 2.66% | 1.40% |
| 6 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.78% | 0.84% | 0.78% |
| 7 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 8 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.69% | 0.80% | 0.69% |
| 9 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.53% | 0.82% | 0.53% |
| 10 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.52% | 0.63% | 0.52% |
| 11 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.47% | 0.50% | 0.47% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.45% | 0.80% | 0.45% |
Only in DFAE
5,323 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 1.76%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.64%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.46%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.42%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.33%
- VALE S.A. 0.33%
- Gold Fields Limited 0.26%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.24%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.24%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.19%
Only in EEM
220 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.70%
- Nu Holdings Ltd 0.44%
- NASPERS LIMITED 0.37%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.36%
- BAIDU, INC. 0.30%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.29%
- JD.COM, INC. 0.27%
- BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 0.26%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.24%
- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 0.18%
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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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