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BKIE vs DFAI: Differences, Returns & Fees

BKIE and DFAI hold 74% of their weight in the same names, and DFAI returned +16.3% over the year. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $1.3bn for BNY Mellon International Equity ETF and $17.5bn for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF.

BKIE costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; DFAI is 13.4 times larger.

BKIEDFAI
Expense ratio0.04%0.18%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$1.3bn$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+16.3%
What it tracksSolactive GBS Developed Markets ex United States Large & Mid Cap USD Index NTRNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common74%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund12.2%9.2%
Below its high5.0%, high on Aug 25, 20264.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+14.8%
BKIE total return, 1 year
+16.3%
DFAI total return, 1 year
0.04%
BKIE expense ratio
0.18%
DFAI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BKIE and DFAI hold 74% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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74% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BKIE DFAI
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.41% 1.16%
ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.19% 1.05%
SHELL PLC 1.00% 1.01%
NESTLE' SA/AG 1.00% 0.84%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.99% 0.81%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.99% 0.76%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.13% 0.68%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.79% 0.63%
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.68% 0.62%
BHP GROUP LTD 0.78% 0.59%
ALLIANZ SE 0.73% 0.59%
SIEMENS AG 0.91% 0.58%
Only in BKIE
SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 0.46%
INVESTOR AB 0.29%
ORIX CORP 0.18%
GOODMAN GROUP 0.16%
NEBIUS GROUP NV 0.15%
3I GROUP PLC 0.15%
POWER CORP OF CANADA 0.14%
SEA LTD 0.13%
Only in DFAI
ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
Novartis AG 0.67%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.32%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.30%
UBS Group AG 0.24%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.20%
Banco Santander, S.A. 0.16%
MITSUI E&S Co., Ltd. 0.15%

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On the same fields

BKIE
BNY Mellon International Equity ETF
DFAI
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BNY Mellon Dimensional
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +16.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts −1.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.04% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 975 3769
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $1.3bn $17.5bn

BKIE and DFAI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BKIE in plain words

BKIE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 975 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

DFAI in plain words

DFAI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% 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 3,769 positions, with the top ten at 9.2%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BKIE or DFAI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BKIE returned +14.8% and DFAI +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, BKIE or DFAI?
BKIE is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BKIE and DFAI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BKIE and 0% of DFAI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
BKIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BKIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗BNY Mellon website ↗DFAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAI 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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