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DFAI vs SPDW

Both International Developed.

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
70.6 %

1,699 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and SPDW would leave roughly 70.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAI only 22.8% Shared 70.6% SPDW only 28.1%
In DFAI only
2,031 positions
Shared
1,699 positions
In SPDW only
702 positions

Side by side

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

Dimensional · International Developed

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$16.83B
TTM yield
2.32%
Top-10 conc.
9.8%
SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

State Street · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$40.29B
TTM yield
3.02%
Top-10 conc.
13.5%

Sub-score comparison

82
Cost
97
78
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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DFAI sub-score SPDW

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SPDW is 15 bps cheaper than DFAI. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 SPDW.

Top shared holdings

1,699 shared in total
# Holding In DFAI In SPDW Overlap
1 ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.95% 1.00% 0.95%
2 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.04% 0.93% 0.93%
3 SHELL PLC 1.05% 0.93% 0.93%
4 Roche Holding AG 0.97% 0.92% 0.92%
5 Nestle S.A. 0.90% 0.86% 0.86%
6 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.66% 0.67% 0.66%
7 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.64% 0.81% 0.64%
8 TOTALENERGIES SE 0.65% 0.63% 0.63%
9 BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.56% 0.59% 0.56%
10 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.55% 0.59% 0.55%
11 COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.54% 0.64% 0.54%
12 BP P.L.C. 0.56% 0.46% 0.46%

Only in DFAI

2,031 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%
  • SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.15%
  • Banco Santander, S.A. 0.15%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.12%
  • Amrize AG 0.11%

Only in SPDW

702 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.87%
  • SK hynix Inc 0.96%
  • SoftBank Group Corp 0.30%
  • Spotify Technology SA 0.25%
  • Investor AB 0.23%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.20%
  • Prosus NV 0.20%
  • KB Financial Group Inc 0.14%
  • Hyundai Motor Co 0.13%
  • ORIX Corp 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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