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DFAX vs ESGD: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAX and ESGD hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and DFAX returned +20.9% over the year. Net assets: $12.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF, and $11.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF.

ESGD costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.5 points.

DFAXESGD
Expense ratio0.28%0.20%
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026$12.0bn$11.8bn
Total return, 1 year+20.9%+13.4%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund8.2%14.2%
Below its high3.4%, high on Sep 4, 20264.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+20.9%
DFAX total return, 1 year
+13.4%
ESGD total return, 1 year
0.28%
DFAX expense ratio
0.20%
ESGD expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAX and ESGD hold 19% 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.

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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAX ESGD
Novartis AG 0.67% 1.45%
ASML Holding N.V. 0.62% 3.49%
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54% 0.89%
SHELL PLC 0.48% 1.14%
Nestle S.A. 0.40% 1.03%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.38% 0.99%
Allianz SE 0.30% 1.01%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.28% 1.47%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.27% 0.86%
ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.26% 0.86%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.25% 0.94%
Roche Holding AG 0.39% 0.25%
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%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.36%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.29%
Deutsche Telekom AG 0.26%
Only in ESGD
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.17%
SIEMENS N AG 1.15%
INTESA SANPAOLO 0.96%
NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.52%
UNICREDIT 0.52%
LOREAL SA 0.47%
SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.47%
ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI 0.42%

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On the same fields

DFAX
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
ESGD
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +20.9% +13.4%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts −3.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.28% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 10481 337
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and ESGD as of Oct 9, 2026 $12.0bn $11.8bn

DFAX and ESGD 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.

ESGD in plain words

ESGD tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 337 positions, with the top ten at 14.2%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAX or ESGD?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and ESGD +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, DFAX or ESGD?
ESGD 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 DFAX and ESGD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAX and 0% of ESGD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFAX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗ESGD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGD ↗

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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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