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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and IDEV +14.5%.

Which is cheaper, DFAI or IDEV?

IDEV is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAI vs IDEV: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and IDEV hold 61% 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 $33.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF.

IDEV costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; IDEV is 1.8 times larger.

	DFAI	IDEV
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$17.5bn	$31.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+14.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index
Holdings in common	61%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.2%	10.8%
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+16.3%

DFAI total return, 1 year

+14.5%

IDEV total return, 1 year

0.18%

DFAI expense ratio

0.04%

IDEV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and IDEV hold 61% 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 8, 2026.

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61% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAI IDEV

ASML Holding N.V. 1.63% 2.52%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16% 1.11%

SHELL PLC 1.01% 1.02%

Nestle S.A. 0.84% 0.83%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81% 0.84%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 0.84%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 0.93%

Novartis AG 0.67% 0.92%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63% 0.61%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62% 0.60%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59% 0.77%

Allianz SE 0.59% 0.62%

Only in DFAI

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58%

BP P.L.C. 0.51%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.49%

LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 0.48%

NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.47%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.47%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.44%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.42%

Only in IDEV

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.05%

SIEMENS N AG 0.76%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.71%

TORONTO DOMINION 0.67%

SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.44%

BP PLC 0.43%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.43%

LAIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR 0.42%

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On the same fields

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

IDEV

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +14.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts −2.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 3769 2287

Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and IDEV as of Oct 9, 2026 $17.5bn $33.1bn

DFAI and IDEV 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.

IDEV in plain words

IDEV tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,287 positions, with the top ten at 10.8%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or IDEV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and IDEV +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or IDEV?: IDEV is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and IDEV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of IDEV 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 ↗IDEV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IDEV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IDEV ↗

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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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