ETF comparison
DFIC vs IDEV
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
1,842 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIC and IDEV would leave roughly 55.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IDEV is 18 bps cheaper than DFIC. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/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 IDEV.
Top shared holdings
1,842 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFIC | In IDEV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.82% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 2 | Nestle S.A. | 0.63% | 0.90% | 0.63% |
| 3 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.56% | 0.63% | 0.56% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 0.51% | 0.99% | 0.51% |
| 5 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.42% | 0.69% | 0.42% |
| 6 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 0.45% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 7 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.40% | 1.01% | 0.40% |
| 8 | ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC | 0.38% | 0.47% | 0.38% |
| 9 | Siemens Energy AG | 0.37% | 0.57% | 0.37% |
| 10 | RIO TINTO PLC | 0.36% | 0.39% | 0.36% |
| 11 | UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI | 0.34% | 0.37% | 0.34% |
| 12 | Hitachi, Ltd. | 0.31% | 0.50% | 0.31% |
Only in DFIC
2,178 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 2.72%
- ASML Holding N.V. 0.94%
- SHELL PLC 0.89%
- Novartis AG 0.78%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.46%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.41%
- BP P.L.C. 0.38%
- BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.27%
- STMicroelectronics N.V. 0.17%
- UNILEVER PLC 0.17%
Only in IDEV
413 total- SHELL PLC 0.90%
- SoftBank Group Corp. 0.44%
- UNILEVER PLC 0.44%
- Investor Aktiebolag 0.25%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.24%
- Prosus N.V. 0.22%
- DIAGEO PLC 0.15%
- GOODMAN GROUP 0.15%
- ORIX CORPORATION 0.13%
- STMicroelectronics N.V. 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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