Which returned more over the last year, DFAX or DFIC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and DFIC +17.4%.

Which is cheaper, DFAX or DFIC?

DFIC is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFAX and DFIC overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFAX vs DFIC: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAX and DFIC hold 63% of their weight in the same names, and DFAX returned +20.9% over the year. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $12.0bn for Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF and $14.8bn for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF.

DFIC costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points; DFIC is 1.2 times larger.

	DFAX	DFIC
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.22%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$12.0bn	$14.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.9%	+17.4%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	8.2%	6.9%
Below its high	3.4%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+20.9%

DFAX total return, 1 year

+17.4%

DFIC total return, 1 year

0.28%

DFAX expense ratio

0.22%

DFIC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAX and DFIC hold 63% 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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63% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAX DFIC

Novartis AG 0.67% 0.76%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.62% 1.05%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54% 0.72%

SHELL PLC 0.48% 0.98%

Nestle S.A. 0.40% 0.62%

Roche Holding AG 0.39% 0.63%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.38% 0.46%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.36% 0.67%

Allianz SE 0.30% 0.48%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.28% 0.49%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.27% 0.36%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.26% 0.28%

Only in DFAX

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.86%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.34%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.99%

SK hynix Inc. 0.81%

Tencent Holdings Limited 0.49%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.29%

MediaTek Inc. 0.21%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.20%

Only in DFIC

WEIR GROUP PLC(THE) 0.03%

Nokia Oyj 0.02%

HELIOS TOWERS PLC 0.02%

CANON INC. 0.01%

TC Energy Corporation 0.01%

AKER ASA 0.01%

CAMECO CORPORATION 0.01%

NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION 0.00%

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On the same fields

DFAX

Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF

DFIC

Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Dimensional

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +20.9% +17.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts +0.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.22%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%

Holdings 10481 4118

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $12.0bn $14.8bn

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

DFAX in plain words

DFAX is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% 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 10,481 positions, with the top ten at 8.2%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

DFIC in plain words

DFIC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.22% 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 4,118 positions, with the top ten at 6.9%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAX or DFIC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and DFIC +17.4%.
Which is cheaper, DFAX or DFIC?: DFIC is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAX and DFIC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAX and 0% of DFIC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFAX and DFIC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAX and DFIC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional 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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