DFAE vs EWT overlap - what they share and where they differ

DFAE and EWT share 21.2% of their weight across 77 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

DFAE and EWT

21.2%

77 shared positions

DFAE

Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

Reported positions cover 88% of the fund, 1,742 positions · Apr 30, 2026

Top 10: 27.5%·Holdings of DFAE

EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 83 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 51.5%·Holdings of EWT

Reported positions cover DFAE 88%, EWT 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

EWT vs DFAE side by side

DFAEDimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

1,742

stock positions reported to the SEC

66.8% of its weight is in 1,665 names EWT does not hold

EWTiShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

83

stock positions reported to the SEC

2.8% of its weight is in 6 names DFAE does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

DFAE
EWT
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
18.9%
25.0%
Financial Services
1.8%
1.0%
Consumer Cyclical
1.1%
1.1%
Communication Services
0.0%
0.8%
Basic Materials
0.7%
0.0%
Energy
0.6%
0.0%

The widest gap is Technology: EWT has 6.1 points more of it.

The figures side by side

DFAEEWT
Filing dateApr 30, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported1,74283
Weight of the ten largest27.5%51.5%
Largest positionTSM 12.2%TSM 19.3%
Held alone1,665 positions, 66.8%6 positions, 2.8%
Covered by stock positions88%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn DFAEIn EWTCounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Company Limited12.23%19.33%12.23%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.0.90%5.64%0.90%
MEDIATEK INC.0.69%7.55%0.69%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.53%4.09%0.53%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.0.31%2.72%0.31%
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION0.30%2.20%0.30%
ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.0.26%2.75%0.26%
ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.0.23%1.57%0.23%
ASXASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.0.23%2.86%0.23%
CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO., LTD.0.23%1.46%0.23%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in DFAE

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.4.35%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.3.49%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED2.65%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited1.40%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.78%
PBRPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.49%
PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA, LTD.0.47%
RSReliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd0.46%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.44%
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY0.43%

Only in EWT

HONPRECISION INC1.10%
FORMOSA CHEMICALS AND FIBRE CORPORATION0.47%
CHAILEASE HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED0.42%
YANG MING MARINE TRANSPORT CORPORATION0.33%
ASIA CEMENT CORPORATION0.28%
CATCHER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.0.19%

Questions people ask

Is DFAE the same as EWT?

21.2% of their weight sits in the same 77 holdings. DFAE also reports SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SKHY, TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, which the other does not. EWT also reports HONPRECISION INC, FORMOSA CHEMICALS AND FIBRE CORPORATION, CHAILEASE HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between DFAE and EWT measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 88% of DFAE and 100% of EWT, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, EWT or DFAE?

DFAE reports 1,742 stock positions and EWT reports 83. 66.8% of DFAE's weight sits in names EWT does not hold, and 2.8% of EWT's weight in names DFAE does not hold. The ten largest positions are 27.5% of DFAE and 51.5% of EWT.

How do DFAE and EWT differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: EWT has 6.1 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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