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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and INTF +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, DFAI or INTF?

INTF is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAI vs INTF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and INTF hold 38% of their weight in the same names, and INTF returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets: $17.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares International Equity Factor ETF.

INTF costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points.

	DFAI	INTF
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.16%
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and INTF as of Oct 9, 2026	$17.5bn	$3.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+18.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	38%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.2%	12.7%
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+16.3%

DFAI total return, 1 year

+18.0%

INTF total return, 1 year

0.18%

DFAI expense ratio

0.16%

INTF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and INTF hold 38% 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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38% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAI INTF

ASML Holding N.V. 1.63% 2.62%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16% 1.11%

Nestle S.A. 0.84% 0.88%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81% 0.82%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 1.04%

SHELL PLC 1.01% 0.74%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 1.14%

Novartis AG 0.67% 1.99%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63% 0.64%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62% 0.77%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59% 0.96%

Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57% 0.61%

Only in DFAI

Roche Holding AG 1.05%

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%

Only in INTF

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.07%

UNICREDIT 0.81%

SIEMENS N AG 0.71%

AIB GROUP PLC 0.62%

BP PLC 0.55%

SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.54%

NORDEA BANK 0.53%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.52%

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On the same fields

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

INTF

iShares International Equity 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% +18.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts +0.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.16%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 3769 486

Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and INTF as of Oct 9, 2026 $17.5bn $3.7bn

DFAI and INTF 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.

INTF in plain words

INTF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% 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 486 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or INTF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and INTF +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or INTF?: INTF is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and INTF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of INTF 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 ↗INTF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗INTF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for INTF ↗

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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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