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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and DMXF +15.5%.

Which is cheaper, DFAI or DMXF?

DMXF 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 DMXF overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFAI vs DMXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and DMXF hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and DFAI returned +16.3% over the year. Net assets: $17.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF, and $1.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF.

DMXF costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points.

	DFAI	DMXF
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.12%
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and DMXF as of Oct 9, 2026	$17.5bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+15.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.2%	22.8%
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+16.3%

DFAI total return, 1 year

+15.5%

DMXF total return, 1 year

0.18%

DFAI expense ratio

0.12%

DMXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and DMXF hold 27% 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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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAI DMXF

ASML Holding N.V. 1.63% 6.50%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 2.18%

Novartis AG 0.67% 2.45%

Allianz SE 0.59% 1.66%

Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57% 1.63%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.54% 1.79%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.52% 1.63%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.44% 1.53%

SAP SE 0.42% 2.03%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.39% 1.40%

Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 0.38% 1.38%

ABB Ltd 0.38% 1.39%

Only in DFAI

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%

Roche Holding AG 1.05%

SHELL PLC 1.01%

Nestle S.A. 0.84%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%

Only in DMXF

LAIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR 1.11%

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY 0.73%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.67%

MACQUARIE GROUP LTD DEF 0.60%

DEUTSCHE BOERSE AG 0.57%

NORDEA BANK 0.54%

NOKIA 0.49%

HERMES INTERNATIONAL 0.46%

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On the same fields

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

DMXF

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +15.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts −1.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.12%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 3769 396

Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and DMXF as of Oct 9, 2026 $17.5bn $1.0bn

DFAI and DMXF 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.

DMXF in plain words

DMXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% 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 396 positions, with the top ten at 22.8%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or DMXF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and DMXF +15.5%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or DMXF?: DMXF 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 DMXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of DMXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗DMXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DMXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DMXF ↗

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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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