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DFAI vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAI and VSGX hold 51% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $17.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points.

DFAIVSGX
Expense ratio0.18%0.10%
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026$17.5bn$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year+16.3%+19.5%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common51%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund9.2%17.1%
Below its high4.7%, high on Aug 25, 20263.6%, 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
+19.5%
VSGX total return, 1 year
0.18%
DFAI expense ratio
0.10%
VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAI and VSGX hold 51% 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.

half

51% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAI VSGX
Roche Holding AG 1.05% 0.90%
Nestle S.A. 0.84% 0.74%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76% 0.73%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81% 0.71%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68% 0.85%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63% 0.62%
Allianz SE 0.59% 0.59%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.58% 0.72%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.52% 0.56%
Tokyo Electron Limited 0.57% 0.45%
ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.54% 0.45%
UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.47% 0.43%
Only in DFAI
ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
SHELL PLC 1.01%
Novartis AG 0.67%
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.55%
BP P.L.C. 0.51%
Only in VSGX
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.37%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.56%
SK hynix Inc 1.98%
SLCMT1142 1.18%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%
MediaTek Inc 0.53%
SoftBank Group Corp 0.36%
Delta Electronics Inc 0.33%

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On the same fields

DFAI
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
VSGX
Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +16.3% +19.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts +2.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.10%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 3769 6631
Net assets, DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $17.5bn $6.7bn

DFAI and VSGX 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.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% 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 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAI or VSGX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAI returned +16.3% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, DFAI or VSGX?
VSGX is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAI and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAI and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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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