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DFAX vs ILOW: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAX and ILOW hold 9% 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 $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF.

DFAX costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.9 points.

DFAXILOW
Expense ratio0.28%0.50%
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026$12.0bn$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year+20.9%+9.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund8.2%20.7%
Below its high3.4%, high on Sep 4, 20264.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+20.9%
DFAX total return, 1 year
+9.0%
ILOW total return, 1 year
0.28%
DFAX expense ratio
0.50%
ILOW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAX and ILOW hold 9% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

half

9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAX ILOW
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.86% 2.50%
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54% 1.08%
Roche Holding AG 0.39% 1.78%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.36% 0.80%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.27% 1.51%
UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.24% 1.48%
Sony Group Corporation 0.23% 1.33%
Hitachi, Ltd. 0.23% 1.34%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.20% 1.67%
ABB Ltd 0.19% 1.77%
SHELL PLC 0.17% 1.33%
VINCI SA 0.16% 1.16%
Only in DFAX
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.34%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.99%
SK hynix Inc. 0.81%
Novartis AG 0.67%
ASML Holding N.V. 0.62%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0.49%
SHELL PLC 0.48%
Nestle S.A. 0.40%
Only in ILOW
Weir Group PLC/The 1.06%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 0.92%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.59%
Nice Ltd 0.42%

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On the same fields

DFAX
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
ILOW
AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional AllianceBernstein
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +20.9% +9.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts −8.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.28% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.6%
Holdings 10481 84
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 $12.0bn $1.8bn

DFAX and ILOW 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.

ILOW in plain words

ILOW is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 20.7%. 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 ILOW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and ILOW +9.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFAX or ILOW?
DFAX is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAX and ILOW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAX and 1% of ILOW 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 ↗ILOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILOW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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