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DFIV vs VEA

International Total vs International Developed.

Dimensional International Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
29.8 %

514 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFIV and VEA would leave roughly 29.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFIV only 64.3% Shared 29.8% VEA only 68.7%
In DFIV only
53 positions
Shared
514 positions
In VEA only
3,367 positions

Side by side

DFIV

Dimensional International Value ETF

Dimensional · International Total

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.27%
Net assets
$19.86B
TTM yield
2.63%
Top-10 conc.
16.7%
VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$316.31B
TTM yield
2.56%
Top-10 conc.
11.5%

Sub-score comparison

73
Cost
97
78
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
90
Concentration
98
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Tracking quality
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DFIV sub-score VEA

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

Cost difference

VEA is 24 bps cheaper than DFIV. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for DFIV.

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 DFIV vs VEA.

Top shared holdings

514 shared in total
# Holding In DFIV In VEA Overlap
1 SHELL PLC 0.82% 0.90% 0.82%
2 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.86% 0.76% 0.76%
3 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.68% 0.97% 0.68%
4 TOTALENERGIES SE 2.23% 0.57% 0.57%
5 Banco Santander, S.A. 1.83% 0.56% 0.56%
6 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.47% 0.64% 0.47%
7 Deutsche Telekom AG 0.53% 0.44% 0.44%
8 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 0.67% 0.42% 0.42%
9 UBS Group AG 0.44% 0.42% 0.42%
10 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.90% 0.41% 0.41%
11 UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.54% 0.37% 0.37%
12 Zurich Insurance Group AG 0.94% 0.36% 0.36%

Only in DFIV

53 total
  • SHELL PLC 3.29%
  • DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 1.65%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.21%
  • BP P.L.C. 1.19%
  • Novartis AG 0.68%
  • Banco Santander, S.A. 0.40%
  • UBS Group AG 0.27%
  • BARCLAYS PLC 0.25%
  • Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 0.19%
  • ArcelorMittal SA 0.18%

Only in VEA

3,367 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.88%
  • ASML Holding NV 1.77%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.05%
  • Novartis AG 1.01%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 1.01%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.96%
  • Nestle SA 0.87%
  • Royal Bank of Canada 0.78%
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.67%
  • Siemens AG 0.61%

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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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