DFAI vs FEOE: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFAI and FEOE hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and FEOE returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $17.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF, and $1.3bn on May 31, 2026 for First Eagle Overseas Equity ETF.
DFAI costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points.
| DFAI | FEOE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 0.50% |
| Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and FEOE as of May 31, 2026 | $17.5bn | $1.3bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.8% | +20.2% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | not published |
| Holdings in common | 8% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 9.2% | 30.4% |
| Below its high | 4.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026 | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
DFAI and FEOE are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- What each follows. DFAI follows No index, actively managed and FEOE follows not published.
- Holdings in common. 8% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and May 31, 2026).
- One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 DFAI returned +15.8% and FEOE +20.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.4 points.
Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.
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What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and FEOE hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
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8% in common
On the same fields
DFAI and FEOE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About DFAI
DFAI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.8% with distributions reinvested. 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 4.0% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.
About FEOE
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 3% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 75 positions, with the top ten at 30.4%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or FEOE?
- In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +15.8% and FEOE +20.2%.
- Which is cheaper, DFAI or FEOE?
- DFAI is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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