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DFAX vs IXUS

Both International Total.

Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
55.5 %

3,418 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and IXUS would leave roughly 55.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAX only 44.1% Shared 55.5% IXUS only 43.9%
In DFAX only
7,065 positions
Shared
3,418 positions
In IXUS only
736 positions

Side by side

DFAX

Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF

Dimensional · International Total

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.28%
Net assets
$11.91B
TTM yield
2.33%
Top-10 conc.
11.5%
IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

iShares · International Total

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$58.52B
TTM yield
2.95%
Top-10 conc.
12.5%

Sub-score comparison

72
Cost
93
78
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
98
Concentration
96
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Tracking quality
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DFAX sub-score IXUS

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

Cost difference

IXUS is 21 bps cheaper than DFAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $210/yr more in fees for DFAX.

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 DFAX vs IXUS.

Top shared holdings

3,418 shared in total
# Holding In DFAX In IXUS Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.45% 4.02% 1.45%
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.12% 1.68% 1.12%
3 SK hynix Inc. 0.59% 1.15% 0.59%
4 Tencent Holdings Limited 0.50% 0.91% 0.50%
5 TOTALENERGIES SE 0.60% 0.43% 0.43%
6 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.40% 0.43% 0.40%
7 Nestle S.A. 0.36% 0.61% 0.36%
8 Roche Holding AG 0.30% 0.68% 0.30%
9 Deutsche Telekom AG 0.28% 0.28% 0.28%
10 ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.24% 0.34% 0.24%
11 BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.24% 0.47% 0.24%
12 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.23% 0.67% 0.23%

Only in DFAX

7,065 total
  • DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 4.48%
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.01%
  • Novartis AG 0.66%
  • ASML Holding N.V. 0.56%
  • SHELL PLC 0.49%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.27%
  • BP P.L.C. 0.25%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.25%
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.18%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.16%

Only in IXUS

736 total
  • SoftBank Group Corp. 0.30%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.20%
  • Investor Aktiebolag 0.17%
  • SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.17%
  • Prosus N.V. 0.15%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.13%
  • Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.12%
  • Kioxia Holdings Corporation 0.11%
  • GOODMAN GROUP 0.11%
  • NASPERS LIMITED 0.10%

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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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