ETF comparison
DFAE vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
2,119 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and IEMG would leave roughly 75.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 20 bps cheaper than DFAE. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/yr more in fees for DFAE.
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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
2,119 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.22% | 11.41% | 11.41% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 4.35% | 5.29% | 4.35% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 3.49% | 3.01% | 3.01% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.65% | 3.14% | 2.65% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.40% | 2.32% | 1.40% |
| 6 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.78% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 7 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.69% | 0.70% | 0.69% |
| 8 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 9 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.53% | 0.72% | 0.53% |
| 10 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.52% | 0.55% | 0.52% |
| 11 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.45% | 0.70% | 0.45% |
| 12 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.47% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in DFAE
4,191 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 IEMG
554 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.60%
- Nu Holdings Ltd 0.38%
- NASPERS LIMITED 0.32%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.31%
- BAIDU, INC. 0.26%
- KIA CORPORATION 0.25%
- JD.COM, INC. 0.24%
- BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED 0.23%
- Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited 0.21%
- HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD 0.16%
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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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