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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and IMTM +15.3%.

Which is cheaper, DFAI or IMTM?

DFAI is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAI vs IMTM: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and IMTM hold 32% 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 $4.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Intl Momentum Factor ETF.

DFAI costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point.

	DFAI	IMTM
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.30%
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and IMTM as of Oct 9, 2026	$17.5bn	$4.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+15.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.2%	24.4%
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.3%, high on Aug 17, 2026

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

+16.3%

DFAI total return, 1 year

+15.3%

IMTM total return, 1 year

0.18%

DFAI expense ratio

0.30%

IMTM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and IMTM hold 32% 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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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAI IMTM

ASML Holding N.V. 1.63% 5.21%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16% 2.80%

SHELL PLC 1.01% 1.91%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 1.68%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 3.16%

Novartis AG 0.67% 1.83%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62% 1.67%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59% 1.51%

Allianz SE 0.59% 1.10%

Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57% 1.37%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.54% 1.86%

Banco Santander, S.A. 0.43% 1.51%

Only in DFAI

Nestle S.A. 0.84%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.55%

Sony Group Corporation 0.54%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.52%

BP P.L.C. 0.51%

Only in IMTM

TORONTO DOMINION 2.25%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.73%

SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.88%

BP PLC 0.82%

NOKIA 0.65%

ENI 0.61%

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO 0.59%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.56%

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On the same fields

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

IMTM

iShares MSCI Intl Momentum Factor 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% +15.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts −2.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.30%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 3769 301

Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and IMTM as of Oct 9, 2026 $17.5bn $4.2bn

DFAI and IMTM 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.

IMTM in plain words

IMTM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% 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 301 positions, with the top ten at 24.4%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Aug 17, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or IMTM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and IMTM +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or IMTM?: DFAI is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and IMTM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of IMTM 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 ↗IMTM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IMTM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IMTM ↗

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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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