ETF comparison
DFAI vs FNDF
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
758 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and FNDF would leave roughly 56.9% 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 7 bps cheaper than FNDF. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for FNDF.
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 FNDF.
Top shared holdings
758 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In FNDF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.16% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 1.01% | 2.40% | 1.01% |
| 3 | Roche Holding AG | 1.05% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 4 | Nestle S.A. | 0.84% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 5 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.93% | 0.63% |
| 6 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.62% | 1.68% | 0.62% |
| 7 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.59% | 1.23% | 0.59% |
| 8 | Allianz SE | 0.59% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 9 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.58% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 10 | BP P.L.C. | 0.50% | 1.04% | 0.50% |
| 11 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.44% | 0.71% | 0.44% |
| 12 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.46% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
Only in DFAI
2,916 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.30%
- UBS Group AG 0.24%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.19%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.16%
- MITSUI E&S Co., Ltd. 0.15%
- Galderma Group AG 0.15%
- SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.14%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.13%
Only in FNDF
128 total- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.73%
- SK hynix Inc 0.72%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.46%
- LG Electronics Inc 0.31%
- POSCO Holdings Inc 0.28%
- Hyundai Motor Co 0.27%
- Kia Corp 0.21%
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 0.21%
- SoftBank Group Corp 0.21%
- SK Inc 0.21%
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- FNDF vs DFIC · Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 47.4%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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