Which returned more over the last year, DFAW or URTH?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAW returned +19.2% and URTH +16.2%.

Which is cheaper, DFAW or URTH?

Neither: DFAW and URTH both charge 0.24% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFAW and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAW and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

DFAW vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAW and URTH hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DFAW returned +19.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.6bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional World Equity ETF, and $8.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

Both cost 0.24% a year; their one-year returns differ by 3.0 points; URTH is 5.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

	DFAW	URTH
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.6bn	$8.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+19.2%	+16.2%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI World Index
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	28.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+19.2%

DFAW total return, 1 year

+16.2%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.24%

DFAW expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAW and URTH hold 0% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAW URTH

Only in DFAW

Dimensional U S Core Equity 2 ETF 53.37%

DFA Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF 18.65%

Dimensional US Core Equity 1 ETF 17.70%

DFA Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF 8.48%

DFA Dimensional Global Real Estate ETF 1.73%

Only in URTH

NVIDIA 5.75%

APPLE 5.39%

MICROSOFT 4.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.77%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.25%

BROADCOM INC 1.78%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.77%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.72%

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On the same fields

DFAW

Dimensional World Equity ETF

URTH

iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +19.2% +16.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.9 pts −1.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.24% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 70.0%

Holdings 5 1255

Net assets, DFAW as of Jul 31, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.6bn $8.3bn

DFAW and URTH on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DFAW in plain words

DFAW is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% 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 5 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

URTH in plain words

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 70% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,255 positions, with the top ten at 28.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAW or URTH?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAW returned +19.2% and URTH +16.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFAW or URTH?: Neither: DFAW and URTH both charge 0.24% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAW and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAW and 70% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFAW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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