ETF comparison
DFIC vs ESGD
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
Holdings overlap
331 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and ESGD would leave roughly 34.5% 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
ESGD is 2 bps cheaper than DFIC. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for DFIC.
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 DFIC vs ESGD.
Top shared holdings
331 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In ESGD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.72% | 0.85% | 0.72% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 0.63% | 1.20% | 0.63% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 0.62% | 1.07% | 0.62% |
| 4 | Allianz SE | 0.48% | 1.07% | 0.48% |
| 5 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.46% | 0.82% | 0.46% |
| 6 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.45% | 0.68% | 0.45% |
| 7 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.42% | 0.96% | 0.42% |
| 8 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.40% | 0.55% | 0.40% |
| 9 | Infineon Technologies AG | 0.37% | 0.40% | 0.37% |
| 10 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.36% | 0.89% | 0.36% |
| 11 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.33% | 0.96% | 0.33% |
| 12 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.32% | 0.73% | 0.32% |
Only in DFIC
3,706 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
- SHELL PLC 0.98%
- Novartis AG 0.76%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%
- BP P.L.C. 0.40%
- RIO TINTO PLC 0.34%
- BASF SE 0.33%
- ORANGE SA 0.29%
- NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA 0.28%
Only in ESGD
20 total- SHELL PLC 1.00%
- UNILEVER PLC 0.77%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.56%
- DIAGEO PLC 0.43%
- 3I GROUP PLC 0.27%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.26%
- UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD SE 0.23%
- SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.22%
- Sino Land Company Limited 0.19%
- Nebius Group N.V. 0.18%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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