AKRE vs DFAW: Differences, Returns & Fees
AKRE and DFAW hold 0% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $5.2bn for Akre Focus ETF and $1.6bn for Dimensional World Equity ETF.
DFAW costs 0.74 points a year less; AKRE is 3.3 times larger.
| AKRE | DFAW | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.98% | 0.24% |
| Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 | $5.2bn | $1.6bn |
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +17.7% |
| What it tracks | not published | No index, actively managed |
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 80.9% | 99.9% |
| Below its high | 14.0%, high on Oct 27, 2025 | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, AKRE and DFAW hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.
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0% in common
On the same fields
AKRE and DFAW on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About AKRE
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 17 positions, with the top ten at 80.9%. It sat 14.0% below its high of Oct 27, 2025 on Oct 20, 2026.
About DFAW
DFAW is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +17.7% with distributions reinvested, against +15.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World IMI Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 5 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, AKRE or DFAW?
- DFAW is cheaper, by 0.74 percentage points a year. That is about $74 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
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