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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAW returned +19.2% and VT +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, DFAW or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAW and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DFAW vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAW and VT 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

VT costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points; VT is far larger, $97.9bn against $1.6bn.

	DFAW	VT
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.6bn	$97.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+19.2%	+17.1%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	21.4%

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

+19.2%

DFAW total return, 1 year

+17.1%

VT total return, 1 year

0.24%

DFAW expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAW and VT 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAW VT

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 VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.32%

Apple Inc 3.84%

Microsoft Corp 3.16%

Amazon.com Inc 2.11%

Alphabet Inc 1.68%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.53%

Broadcom Inc 1.45%

Alphabet Inc 1.31%

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On the same fields

DFAW

Dimensional World Equity ETF

Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +19.2% +17.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.9 pts −0.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.24% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 54.7%

Holdings 5 10097

Net assets, DFAW as of Jul 31, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.6bn $81.8bn

DFAW and VT 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%.

VT in plain words

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,097 positions, with the top ten at 21.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAW or VT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAW returned +19.2% and VT +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, DFAW or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAW and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAW and 55% of VT 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 ↗VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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