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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and IDEV +14.5%.

Which is cheaper, DFAX or IDEV?

IDEV is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAX vs IDEV: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAX and IDEV hold 36% 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 $33.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF.

IDEV costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points; IDEV is 2.6 times larger.

	DFAX	IDEV
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$12.0bn	$31.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.9%	+14.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index
Holdings in common	36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	8.2%	10.8%
Below its high	3.4%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+20.9%

DFAX total return, 1 year

+14.5%

IDEV total return, 1 year

0.28%

DFAX expense ratio

0.04%

IDEV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAX and IDEV hold 36% 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 8, 2026.

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36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAX IDEV

Novartis AG 0.67% 0.92%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.62% 2.52%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54% 0.60%

SHELL PLC 0.48% 1.02%

Nestle S.A. 0.40% 0.83%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.38% 0.61%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.36% 0.93%

Allianz SE 0.30% 0.62%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.28% 1.11%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.27% 0.84%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.26% 0.67%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.25% 0.77%

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%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.26%

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 0.26%

Only in IDEV

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.05%

SIEMENS N AG 0.76%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.71%

TORONTO DOMINION 0.67%

SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.44%

BP PLC 0.43%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.43%

LAIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR 0.42%

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On the same fields

DFAX

Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF

IDEV

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets

Total return, 1 year +20.9% +14.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts −2.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 10481 2287

Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and IDEV as of Oct 9, 2026 $12.0bn $33.1bn

DFAX and IDEV 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.

IDEV in plain words

IDEV tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,287 positions, with the top ten at 10.8%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAX or IDEV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and IDEV +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, DFAX or IDEV?: IDEV is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAX and IDEV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAX and 0% of IDEV 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 ↗IDEV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IDEV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IDEV ↗

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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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