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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and SEIE +18.9%.

Which is cheaper, DFAI or SEIE?

DFAI is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAI vs SEIE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and SEIE hold 34% of their weight in the same names, and SEIE returned +18.9% over the year. Net assets: $17.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF, and $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI Select International Equity ETF.

DFAI costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points.

	DFAI	SEIE
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.50%
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026	$17.5bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+18.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	34%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.2%	13.0%
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026	5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+16.3%

DFAI total return, 1 year

+18.9%

SEIE total return, 1 year

0.18%

DFAI expense ratio

0.50%

SEIE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and SEIE hold 34% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAI SEIE

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16% 2.00%

Roche Holding AG 1.05% 0.93%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81% 0.97%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62% 0.72%

SHELL PLC 1.01% 0.59%

LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 0.48% 0.67%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.47% 0.92%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 0.45%

SAFRAN SA 0.45% 0.57%

Banco Santander, S.A. 0.43% 0.83%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.42% 1.61%

BARCLAYS PLC 0.41% 1.06%

Only in DFAI

ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68%

Novartis AG 0.67%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%

Allianz SE 0.59%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58%

Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57%

Only in SEIE

International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. 0.35%

BALFOUR BEATTY PLC 0.27%

KLEPIERRE SA 0.25%

CHARTER HALL GROUP 0.20%

Futu Holdings Limited 0.17%

COVIVIO SA 0.15%

JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.14%

LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC 0.13%

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On the same fields

DFAI

Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF

SEIE

SEI Select International Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional SEI

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +18.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts +1.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 3769 342

Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026 $17.5bn $1.1bn

DFAI and SEIE 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.

SEIE in plain words

SEIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 342 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or SEIE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and SEIE +18.9%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or SEIE?: DFAI is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and SEIE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of SEIE 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 ↗SEIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SEIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗SEI website ↗

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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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