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

DFAE and FXI share 11.3% of their weight across 47 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 FXI

11.3%

47 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

FXI

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 50 positions · Apr 30, 2026

Top 10: 56.6%·Holdings of FXI

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

FXI vs DFAE side by side

DFAEDimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

1,742

stock positions reported to the SEC

76.7% of its weight is in 1,695 names FXI does not hold

FXIiShares China Large-Cap ETF

50

stock positions reported to the SEC

6.2% of its weight is in 3 names DFAE does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
18.9%
18.2%
Consumer Cyclical
1.1%
3.0%
Financial Services
1.8%
0.0%
Healthcare
0.0%
1.5%
Basic Materials
0.7%
0.0%
Energy
0.6%
0.0%

The widest gap is Consumer Cyclical: FXI has 1.9 points more of it.

The figures side by side

DFAEFXI
Filing dateApr 30, 2026Apr 30, 2026
Stock positions reported1,74250
Weight of the ten largest27.5%56.6%
Largest positionTSM 12.2%BABA 8.7%
Held alone1,695 positions, 76.7%3 positions, 6.2%
Covered by stock positions88%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn DFAEIn FXICounted
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED2.65%7.72%2.65%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited1.40%8.66%1.40%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.78%8.25%0.78%
PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA, LTD.0.47%4.41%0.47%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.44%6.02%0.44%
XIAOMI CORPORATION0.40%5.41%0.40%
BYD COMPANY LIMITED0.34%4.09%0.34%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED0.33%3.72%0.33%
MEITUAN0.32%4.79%0.32%
PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED0.32%2.68%0.32%

What each holds alone

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

Only in DFAE

TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Company Limited12.23%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.4.35%
SKHYSK hynix Inc.3.49%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.0.90%
MEDIATEK INC.0.69%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.53%
PBRPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.49%
RSReliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd0.46%
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY0.43%
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED0.41%

Only in FXI

JDJD.COM, INC.3.00%
BIDUBAIDU, INC.2.83%
COSCO SHIPPING HOLDINGS CO., LTD.0.39%

Questions people ask

Is DFAE the same as FXI?

11.3% of their weight sits in the same 47 holdings. DFAE also reports TSM, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SKHY, which the other does not. FXI also reports JD, BIDU, COSCO SHIPPING HOLDINGS CO., LTD., which the other does not.

How is the overlap between DFAE and FXI 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 FXI, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, FXI or DFAE?

DFAE reports 1,742 stock positions and FXI reports 50. 76.7% of DFAE's weight sits in names FXI does not hold, and 6.2% of FXI's weight in names DFAE does not hold. The ten largest positions are 27.5% of DFAE and 56.6% of FXI.

How do DFAE and FXI differ by sector?

The widest gap is Consumer Cyclical: FXI has 1.9 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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