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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and IQDF +24.5%.

Which is cheaper, DFAI or IQDF?

DFAI is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAI vs IQDF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and IQDF hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and IQDF returned +24.5% over the year. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $17.5bn for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF and $1.2bn for Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF.

DFAI costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.2 points; DFAI is 15.1 times larger.

	DFAI	IQDF
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$17.5bn	$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+24.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.2%	19.8%
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.3%, high on Sep 8, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+16.3%

DFAI total return, 1 year

+24.5%

IQDF total return, 1 year

0.18%

DFAI expense ratio

0.47%

IQDF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and IQDF hold 19% 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.

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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAI IQDF

Roche Holding AG 1.05% 1.27%

Nestle S.A. 0.84% 1.02%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 0.70%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 0.63%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62% 0.98%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59% 1.44%

Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57% 2.10%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.54% 2.13%

BP P.L.C. 0.51% 0.79%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.49% 1.05%

NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.47% 1.63%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.47% 1.17%

Only in DFAI

ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%

Novartis AG 0.67%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%

Allianz SE 0.59%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.55%

Sony Group Corporation 0.54%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.52%

Only in IQDF

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 4.55%

MediaTek, Inc. 1.99%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 1.92%

SK hynix, Inc. 1.34%

Erste Bank Polska SA 0.89%

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA 0.88%

Talabat Holding plc 0.88%

Bosideng International Holdings Ltd. 0.86%

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On the same fields

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

IQDF

Northern Trust International Quality Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Northern Trust

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +24.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts +7.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.47%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 3769 182

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $17.5bn $1.2bn

DFAI and IQDF 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.

IQDF in plain words

IQDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% 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 182 positions, with the top ten at 19.8%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Sep 8, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or IQDF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and IQDF +24.5%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or IQDF?: DFAI is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and IQDF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of IQDF 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 ↗IQDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IQDF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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