ETF comparison
DFAI vs IDEV
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
1,858 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and IDEV would leave roughly 75.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IDEV is 14 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for DFAI.
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 IDEV.
Top shared holdings
1,858 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In IDEV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.04% | 1.09% | 1.04% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 0.97% | 0.99% | 0.97% |
| 3 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.95% | 1.01% | 0.95% |
| 4 | SHELL PLC | 1.05% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 5 | Nestle S.A. | 0.90% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 6 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.66% | 0.70% | 0.66% |
| 7 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.65% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 8 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.64% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.56% | 0.69% | 0.56% |
| 10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.55% | 0.78% | 0.55% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.54% | 0.73% | 0.54% |
| 12 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 0.49% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
Only in DFAI
1,872 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 1.51%
- ASML Holding N.V. 1.42%
- Novartis AG 0.64%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.27%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.20%
- UBS Group AG 0.20%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 0.15%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.12%
- Amrize AG 0.11%
- ArcelorMittal SA 0.07%
Only in IDEV
397 total- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.44%
- Investor Aktiebolag 0.25%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.24%
- Prosus N.V. 0.22%
- GOODMAN GROUP 0.15%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.13%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.12%
- SEA LIMITED 0.12%
- JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. 0.11%
- POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA 0.11%
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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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