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DFAX vs VSGX

Both International Total.

Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
46.6 %

5,025 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAX and VSGX would leave roughly 46.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAX only 53.0% Shared 46.6% VSGX only 52.1%
In DFAX only
5,458 positions
Shared
5,025 positions
In VSGX only
1,538 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%
VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Vanguard · International Total

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$6.69B
TTM yield
2.96%
Top-10 conc.
15.8%

Sub-score comparison

72
Cost
90
78
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
92
98
Concentration
92
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Tracking quality
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DFAX sub-score VSGX

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

Cost difference

VSGX is 18 bps cheaper than DFAX. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/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 VSGX.

Top shared holdings

5,025 shared in total
# Holding In DFAX In VSGX Overlap
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.45% 4.76% 1.45%
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.12% 2.21% 1.12%
3 SK hynix Inc. 0.59% 1.26% 0.59%
4 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.40% 0.81% 0.40%
5 Nestle S.A. 0.36% 0.87% 0.36%
6 Deutsche Telekom AG 0.28% 0.44% 0.28%
7 ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.24% 0.40% 0.24%
8 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.23% 1.02% 0.23%
9 ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.23% 0.74% 0.23%
10 ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.23% 0.99% 0.23%
11 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.22% 0.64% 0.22%
12 Infineon Technologies AG 0.23% 0.22% 0.22%

Only in DFAX

5,458 total
  • DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 4.48%
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.01%
  • Novartis AG 0.66%
  • TOTALENERGIES SE 0.60%
  • ASML Holding N.V. 0.56%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 0.50%
  • SHELL PLC 0.49%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.30%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.27%
  • ENGIE SA 0.26%

Only in VSGX

1,538 total
  • Roche Holding AG 1.05%
  • SoftBank Group Corp 0.32%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.26%
  • Investor AB 0.23%
  • L'Oreal SA 0.20%
  • Prosus NV 0.20%
  • 3i Group PLC 0.14%
  • Naspers Ltd 0.13%
  • Goodman Group 0.13%
  • SK Square Co Ltd 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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