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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and DFSI +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, DFAX or DFSI?

DFSI is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAX vs DFSI: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAX and DFSI hold 47% 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 $1.1bn for Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF.

DFSI costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.7 points; DFAX is 10.4 times larger.

	DFAX	DFSI
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$12.0bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.9%	+12.2%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	47%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	8.2%	9.7%
Below its high	3.4%, high on Sep 4, 2026	5.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+20.9%

DFAX total return, 1 year

+12.2%

DFSI total return, 1 year

0.28%

DFAX expense ratio

0.24%

DFSI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAX and DFSI hold 47% 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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47% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAX DFSI

Novartis AG 0.67% 1.09%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.62% 2.48%

Roche Holding AG 0.39% 1.29%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.38% 0.56%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.36% 0.81%

Allianz SE 0.30% 0.61%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.28% 0.52%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.27% 0.36%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.26% 0.55%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.26% 0.31%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.26% 0.24%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.24% 0.24%

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%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54%

Tencent Holdings Limited 0.49%

SHELL PLC 0.48%

Nestle S.A. 0.40%

Only in DFSI

Nokia Oyj 0.03%

CANON INC. 0.01%

NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION 0.01%

SPAREBANKEN NORGE 0.01%

TeamViewer SE 0.01%

VULCAN ENERGY RESOURCES LIMITED 0.01%

MTG Co., Ltd. 0.00%

Norconsult ASA 0.00%

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On the same fields

DFAX

Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF

DFSI

Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Dimensional

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +20.9% +12.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts −5.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%

Holdings 10481 2798

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $12.0bn $1.1bn

DFAX and DFSI 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.

DFSI in plain words

DFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.2% 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 2,798 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAX or DFSI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and DFSI +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFAX or DFSI?: DFSI is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAX and DFSI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAX and 0% of DFSI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFAX and DFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAX and DFSI 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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