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DFAI vs MFSI: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and MFSI hold 17% 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 $1.1bn on May 31, 2026 for MFS Active International ETF.

DFAI costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.0 points.

DFAIMFSI
Expense ratio0.18%0.59%
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and MFSI as of May 31, 2026$17.5bn$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year+16.3%+11.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund9.2%27.9%
Below its high4.7%, high on Aug 25, 20263.4%, high on Aug 10, 2026

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

+16.3%
DFAI total return, 1 year
+11.3%
MFSI total return, 1 year
0.18%
DFAI expense ratio
0.59%
MFSI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and MFSI hold 17% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAI MFSI
Roche Holding AG 1.05% 1.87%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 0.66%
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62% 1.69%
Nestle S.A. 0.84% 0.60%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.55% 1.78%
Sony Group Corporation 0.54% 1.01%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.49% 1.74%
LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 0.48% 0.89%
Hitachi, Ltd. 0.46% 1.99%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.44% 1.99%
SAP SE 0.42% 1.25%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.39% 1.26%
Only in DFAI
ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
SHELL PLC 1.01%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
Novartis AG 0.67%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%
Only in MFSI
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 7.86%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.02%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.26%
AIA Group Ltd 1.41%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd 1.32%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 1.28%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.17%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.12%

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On the same fields

DFAI
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
MFSI
MFS Active International ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional MFS
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +16.3% +11.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts −6.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.59%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 3769 93
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and MFSI as of May 31, 2026 $17.5bn $1.1bn

DFAI and MFSI 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.

MFSI in plain words

MFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 93 positions, with the top ten at 27.9%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 10, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or MFSI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and MFSI +11.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or MFSI?
DFAI is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and MFSI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of MFSI 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 ↗MFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MFSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗MFS website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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