Which returned more over the last year, BKIE or DFAX?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BKIE returned +14.8% and DFAX +20.9%.

Which is cheaper, BKIE or DFAX?

BKIE is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do BKIE and DFAX overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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BKIE vs DFAX: Differences, Returns & Fees

BKIE and DFAX hold 38% of their weight in the same names, and DFAX returned +20.9% over the year. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $1.3bn for BNY Mellon International Equity ETF and $12.0bn for Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF.

BKIE costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points; DFAX is 9.2 times larger.

	BKIE	DFAX
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.28%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.3bn	$12.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+20.9%
What it tracks	Solactive GBS Developed Markets ex United States Large & Mid Cap USD Index NTR	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	38%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	12.2%	8.2%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.4%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+14.8%

BKIE total return, 1 year

+20.9%

DFAX total return, 1 year

0.04%

BKIE expense ratio

0.28%

DFAX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BKIE and DFAX hold 38% 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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38% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BKIE DFAX

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.68% 0.54%

NESTLE' SA/AG 1.00% 0.40%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.19% 0.39%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.79% 0.38%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.13% 0.36%

ALLIANZ SE 0.73% 0.30%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.99% 0.27%

ADVANTEST CORP 0.57% 0.26%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 0.42% 0.26%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.78% 0.25%

UNICREDIT SPA 0.50% 0.24%

SONY GROUP CORP 0.55% 0.23%

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 DFAX

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.86%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.34%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.99%

SK hynix Inc. 0.81%

Novartis AG 0.67%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.62%

Tencent Holdings Limited 0.49%

SHELL PLC 0.48%

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On the same fields

BKIE

BNY Mellon International Equity ETF

DFAX

Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 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% +20.9%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −2.5 pts +3.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.28%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 975 10481

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $1.3bn $12.0bn

BKIE and DFAX 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.

DFAX in plain words

DFAX is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% 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 10,481 positions, with the top ten at 8.2%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BKIE or DFAX?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BKIE returned +14.8% and DFAX +20.9%.
Which is cheaper, BKIE or DFAX?: BKIE is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BKIE and DFAX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BKIE and 0% of DFAX 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 ↗DFAX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAX 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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