Which returned more over the last year, APIE or DFIC?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APIE returned +11.9% and DFIC +20.7%.

Which is cheaper, APIE or DFIC?

DFIC is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do APIE and DFIC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 1% of APIE and 0% of DFIC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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APIE vs DFIC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APIE returned +11.9% to DFIC's +20.7%; 26% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for ActivePassive International Equity ETF, and $14.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF.

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At a glance

+11.9%

APIE total return, 1 year

+20.7%

DFIC total return, 1 year

0.45%

APIE expense ratio

0.22%

DFIC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFIC costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.8 points.

APIE vs DFIC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	APIE	DFIC
Return
Measure	APIE	DFIC
Total return, 1 year	+11.9%	+20.7%
Drawdown
Measure	APIE	DFIC
Below its high	4.1%, high on Aug 10, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	APIE	DFIC
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	APIE	DFIC
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.22%
Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.2bn	$14.8bn
Holdings
Measure	APIE	DFIC
Holdings in common	26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.4%	6.9%

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What they share

26%

By the books each fund has filed, APIE and DFIC hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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26% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APIE DFIC

ASML Holding NV 1.75% 1.05%

Shell PLC 0.78% 0.98%

Novartis AG 0.81% 0.76%

Roche Holding AG 1.09% 0.63%

Nestle SA 0.66% 0.62%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.01% 0.49%

Allianz SE 0.75% 0.48%

BBVA 0.49% 0.48%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.83% 0.45%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.69% 0.41%

Infineon Technologies AG 0.36% 0.37%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 0.69% 0.36%

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Only in APIE

TSMC 11.50%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.46%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.51%

Siemens AG 0.95%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 0.72%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.65%

HDFC Bank Ltd 0.48%

Air Liquide SA 0.46%

Only in DFIC

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.67%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.42%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.40%

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 0.38%

Suncor Energy Inc. 0.35%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.35%

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Side by side

APIE ActivePassive International Equity ETF DFIC Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Envestnet Dimensional

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +11.9% +20.7%

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.22%

Already in the S&P 500 0.7% 0.1%

Holdings 547 4118

Net assets, APIE as of Aug 31, 2026 and DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 $1.2bn $14.8bn

APIE and DFIC on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

APIE

APIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +11.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 547 positions, with the top ten at 23.4%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 10, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

DFIC

DFIC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +20.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.22% 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 4,118 positions, with the top ten at 6.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, APIE or DFIC?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, APIE returned +11.9% and DFIC +20.7%.
Which is cheaper, APIE or DFIC?: DFIC is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do APIE and DFIC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 1% of APIE and 0% of DFIC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

APIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

APIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Envestnet website ↗

DFIC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DFIC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Dimensional website ↗

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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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