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DFAI vs VEU: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and VEU hold 58% of their weight in the same names, and VEU returned +18.2% over the year. Net assets: $17.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF, and $68.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF.

VEU costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; VEU is 5.5 times larger.

DFAIVEU
Expense ratio0.18%0.04%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$17.5bn$95.8bn
Total return, 1 year+16.3%+18.2%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE All-World ex US Index
Holdings in common58%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund9.2%14.5%
Below its high4.7%, high on Aug 25, 20263.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+16.3%
DFAI total return, 1 year
+18.2%
VEU total return, 1 year
0.18%
DFAI expense ratio
0.04%
VEU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and VEU hold 58% 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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58% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAI VEU
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16% 0.84%
Roche Holding AG 1.05% 0.73%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 0.68%
SHELL PLC 1.01% 0.61%
Nestle S.A. 0.84% 0.60%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 0.59%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58% 0.58%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81% 0.58%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59% 0.57%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63% 0.50%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.49% 0.48%
Allianz SE 0.59% 0.47%
Only in DFAI
ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
Novartis AG 0.67%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.32%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.30%
UBS Group AG 0.24%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.20%
Banco Santander, S.A. 0.16%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.15%
Only in VEU
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.36%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.08%
SK hynix Inc 1.60%
SLBBH1142 1.11%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.86%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.65%
MKTLIQ 0.55%
MediaTek Inc 0.43%

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On the same fields

DFAI
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
VEU
Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US
Total return, 1 year +16.3% +18.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts +0.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 3769 3862
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and VEU as of Sep 30, 2026 $17.5bn $68.1bn

DFAI and VEU 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.

VEU in plain words

VEU tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,862 positions, with the top ten at 14.5%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or VEU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and VEU +18.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or VEU?
VEU is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and VEU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of VEU 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 ↗VEU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEU ↗

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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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