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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and DFSI +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, DFAI or DFSI?

DFAI is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAI vs DFSI: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and DFSI hold 67% of their weight in the same names, and DFAI returned +16.3% over the year. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $17.5bn for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF and $1.1bn for Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF.

DFAI costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; DFAI is 15.2 times larger.

	DFAI	DFSI
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$17.5bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+12.2%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	67%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.2%	9.7%
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	5.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+16.3%

DFAI total return, 1 year

+12.2%

DFSI total return, 1 year

0.18%

DFAI expense ratio

0.24%

DFSI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and DFSI hold 67% 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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67% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAI DFSI

ASML Holding N.V. 1.63% 2.48%

Roche Holding AG 1.05% 1.29%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 0.81%

Novartis AG 0.67% 1.09%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81% 0.66%

Allianz SE 0.59% 0.61%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63% 0.56%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.55% 0.77%

Sony Group Corporation 0.54% 0.57%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.54% 0.55%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58% 0.54%

Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57% 0.50%

Only in DFAI

SHELL PLC 1.01%

Nestle S.A. 0.84%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%

BP P.L.C. 0.51%

UNILEVER PLC 0.38%

L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGE 0.36%

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.35%

Only in DFSI

UNILEVER PLC 0.54%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.52%

RELX PLC 0.31%

NATIONAL GRID PLC 0.16%

DIAGEO PLC 0.15%

NATWEST GROUP PLC 0.10%

PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.09%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.09%

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On the same fields

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

DFSI

Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Dimensional

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +12.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts −5.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%

Holdings 3769 2798

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $17.5bn $1.1bn

DFAI and DFSI 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.

DFSI in plain words

DFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% 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 2,798 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or DFSI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and DFSI +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or DFSI?: DFAI is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and DFSI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of DFSI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFAI and DFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAI and DFSI 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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