ETF comparison
DFAE vs SCHE
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
1,698 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and SCHE would leave roughly 62.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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Cost difference
SCHE is 23 bps cheaper than DFAE. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/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 SCHE.
Top shared holdings
1,698 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In SCHE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.22% | 14.94% | 12.22% |
| 2 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.65% | 3.94% | 2.65% |
| 3 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.40% | 3.14% | 1.40% |
| 4 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.90% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 5 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.78% | 0.86% | 0.78% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.69% | 0.88% | 0.69% |
| 7 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.53% | 0.91% | 0.53% |
| 8 | PDD Holdings Inc. | 0.52% | 0.76% | 0.52% |
| 9 | Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. | 0.47% | 0.54% | 0.47% |
| 10 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.45% | 1.01% | 0.45% |
| 11 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED | 0.44% | 0.63% | 0.44% |
| 12 | BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED | 0.41% | 0.55% | 0.41% |
Only in DFAE
4,612 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.35%
- SK hynix Inc. 3.49%
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 1.76%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.64%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.46%
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.43%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.42%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.33%
- VALE S.A. 0.33%
- LIG Defense&Aerospace Co., Ltd 0.28%
Only in SCHE
434 total- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 0.43%
- Naspers Ltd 0.41%
- Baidu Inc 0.33%
- JD.com Inc 0.32%
- Bajaj Finance Ltd 0.30%
- Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.25%
- Itausa SA 0.16%
- PTT PCL 0.14%
- Shriram Finance Ltd 0.14%
- Advanced Info Service PCL 0.13%
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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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