Which returned more over the last year, CORO or DFAI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and DFAI +16.3%.

Which is cheaper, CORO or DFAI?

DFAI is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CORO and DFAI overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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CORO vs DFAI: Differences, Returns & Fees

CORO and DFAI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and CORO returned +22.5% over the year. Net assets: $13.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF, and $17.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF.

DFAI costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.2 points; DFAI is 2.2 times larger.

	CORO	DFAI
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$7.8bn	$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+22.5%	+16.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	77.4%	9.2%
Below its high	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+22.5%

CORO total return, 1 year

+16.3%

DFAI total return, 1 year

0.55%

CORO expense ratio

0.18%

DFAI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CORO and DFAI hold 0% 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CORO DFAI

Only in CORO

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN ETF 19.62%

ISHARES MSCI CANADA ETF 13.40%

ISHARES MSCI SWITZERLAND ETF 8.76%

ISHARES MSCI SOUTH KOREA ETF 6.16%

ISHARES MSCI TAIWAN CAP ETF 6.07%

ISHARES MSCI SWEDEN ETF 5.23%

ISHARES MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF 5.22%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.85%

Only in DFAI

ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%

Roche Holding AG 1.05%

SHELL PLC 1.01%

Nestle S.A. 0.84%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68%

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On the same fields

CORO

iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Dimensional

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +22.5% +16.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +5.2 pts −1.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 27 3769

Net assets, CORO as of Oct 9, 2026 and DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 $13.1bn $17.5bn

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

CORO in plain words

CORO is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 27 positions, with the top ten at 77.4%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 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, CORO or DFAI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORO returned +22.5% and DFAI +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, CORO or DFAI?: DFAI is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CORO and DFAI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CORO and 0% of DFAI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CORO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CORO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for CORO ↗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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