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DFAX vs INTF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAX and INTF hold 22% 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 $3.7bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares International Equity Factor ETF.

INTF costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points.

DFAXINTF
Expense ratio0.28%0.16%
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and INTF as of Oct 9, 2026$12.0bn$3.7bn
Total return, 1 year+20.9%+18.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund8.2%12.7%
Below its high3.4%, high on Sep 4, 20264.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+20.9%
DFAX total return, 1 year
+18.0%
INTF total return, 1 year
0.28%
DFAX expense ratio
0.16%
INTF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAX and INTF hold 22% 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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22% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAX INTF
Novartis AG 0.67% 1.99%
ASML Holding N.V. 0.62% 2.62%
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54% 0.77%
SHELL PLC 0.48% 0.74%
Nestle S.A. 0.40% 0.88%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.38% 0.64%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.36% 1.14%
Allianz SE 0.30% 0.46%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.28% 1.11%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.27% 1.04%
ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.26% 0.75%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.25% 0.96%
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%
Roche Holding AG 0.39%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.29%
Deutsche Telekom AG 0.26%
Only in INTF
ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.07%
UNICREDIT 0.81%
SIEMENS N AG 0.71%
AIB GROUP PLC 0.62%
BP PLC 0.55%
SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 0.54%
NORDEA BANK 0.53%
NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.52%

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On the same fields

DFAX
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
INTF
iShares International Equity Factor 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% +18.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts +0.8 pts
Expense ratio 0.28% 0.16%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 10481 486
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and INTF as of Oct 9, 2026 $12.0bn $3.7bn

DFAX and INTF 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.

INTF in plain words

INTF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% 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 486 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAX or INTF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and INTF +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFAX or INTF?
INTF is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAX and INTF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAX and 0% of INTF 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 ↗INTF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗INTF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for INTF ↗

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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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