ETF comparison
DFAI vs ESGD
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
336 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and ESGD would leave roughly 50.1% 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 2 bps cheaper than ESGD. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for ESGD.
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 DFAI vs ESGD.
Top shared holdings
336 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In ESGD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 1.55% | 1.16% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 1.20% | 1.05% |
| 3 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 1.07% | 0.84% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.81% | 0.96% | 0.81% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.76% | 0.89% | 0.76% |
| 7 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.82% | 0.63% |
| 8 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.62% | 0.85% | 0.62% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 0.96% | 0.59% |
| 10 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 1.07% | 0.59% |
| 11 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 1.23% | 0.58% |
| 12 | Tokyo Electron Limited | 0.57% | 0.83% | 0.57% |
Only in DFAI
3,338 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.35%
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 0.34%
- RIO TINTO PLC 0.32%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.31%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.30%
- VINCI SA 0.27%
- UBS Group AG 0.24%
- BASF SE 0.23%
Only in ESGD
15 total- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.56%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.27%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.26%
- UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD SE 0.23%
- SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.22%
- Sino Land Company Limited 0.19%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.18%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.17%
- LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC 0.14%
- Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. 0.12%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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