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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and DFIC +17.4%.

Which is cheaper, DFAI or DFIC?

DFAI is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAI vs DFIC: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and DFIC hold 72% of their weight in the same names, and DFIC returned +17.4% over the year. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $17.5bn for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF and $14.8bn for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF.

DFAI costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points; DFAI is 1.2 times larger.

	DFAI	DFIC
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.22%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$17.5bn	$14.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+17.4%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	72%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.2%	6.9%
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+16.3%

DFAI total return, 1 year

+17.4%

DFIC total return, 1 year

0.18%

DFAI expense ratio

0.22%

DFIC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and DFIC hold 72% 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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72% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAI DFIC

ASML Holding N.V. 1.63% 1.05%

Novartis AG 0.67% 0.76%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 0.67%

Roche Holding AG 1.05% 0.63%

Nestle S.A. 0.84% 0.62%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62% 0.72%

Allianz SE 0.59% 0.48%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63% 0.46%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.55% 0.45%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59% 0.42%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.44% 0.41%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.47% 0.40%

Only in DFAI

SHELL PLC 1.01%

UNILEVER PLC 0.38%

DIAGEO PLC 0.17%

CSL LIMITED 0.08%

STMicroelectronics N.V. 0.08%

Cenovus Energy Incorporation . 0.08%

MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.05%

Enbridge Inc. 0.04%

Only in DFIC

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%

BP P.L.C. 0.40%

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC 0.18%

UNILEVER PLC 0.17%

NATWEST GROUP PLC 0.15%

DIAGEO PLC 0.12%

PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.10%

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 0.09%

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On the same fields

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

DFIC

Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Dimensional

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +17.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts +0.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.22%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%

Holdings 3769 4118

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $17.5bn $14.8bn

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

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.

DFIC in plain words

DFIC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or DFIC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and DFIC +17.4%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or DFIC?: DFAI is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and DFIC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of DFIC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFAI and DFIC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAI and 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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