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DFAI vs TOUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and TOUS hold 34% 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 $1.7bn on Oct 9, 2026 for T. Rowe Price International Equity ETF.

DFAI costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points.

DFAITOUS
Expense ratio0.18%0.50%
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and TOUS as of Oct 9, 2026$17.5bn$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year+16.3%+15.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common34%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund9.2%17.5%
Below its high4.7%, high on Aug 25, 20265.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+16.3%
DFAI total return, 1 year
+15.0%
TOUS total return, 1 year
0.18%
DFAI expense ratio
0.50%
TOUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and TOUS 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 Jul 31, 2026.

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34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAI TOUS
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16% 1.16%
Roche Holding AG 1.05% 1.35%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81% 2.13%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 1.39%
SHELL PLC 1.01% 0.74%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63% 0.79%
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62% 1.34%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59% 1.01%
Allianz SE 0.59% 1.06%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58% 1.40%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.55% 1.86%
Sony Group Corporation 0.54% 1.08%
Only in DFAI
ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68%
Novartis AG 0.67%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.52%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.49%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.39%
ABB Ltd 0.38%
GSK PLC 0.37%
Only in TOUS
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD 1.02%
ORIX CORP 0.99%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 0.65%
SEGRO PLC 0.61%
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC 0.60%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA 0.48%
GSK PLC-SPON ADR 0.48%
OTP BANK PLC 0.48%

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On the same fields

DFAI
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
TOUS
T. Rowe Price International Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional T. Rowe Price
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +16.3% +15.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts −2.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.3%
Holdings 3769 188
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and TOUS as of Oct 9, 2026 $17.5bn $1.7bn

DFAI and TOUS 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.

TOUS in plain words

TOUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.0% 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 Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 188 positions, with the top ten at 17.5%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or TOUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and TOUS +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or TOUS?
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 TOUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of TOUS 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 ↗TOUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗TOUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗T. Rowe Price 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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