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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and SEIE +18.9%.

Which is cheaper, DFAX or SEIE?

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 SEIE overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFAX vs SEIE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAX and SEIE hold 20% 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 $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI Select International Equity ETF.

DFAX costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points.

	DFAX	SEIE
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.50%
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026	$12.0bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.9%	+18.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	8.2%	13.0%
Below its high	3.4%, high on Sep 4, 2026	5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+20.9%

DFAX total return, 1 year

+18.9%

SEIE total return, 1 year

0.28%

DFAX expense ratio

0.50%

SEIE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAX and SEIE hold 20% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAX SEIE

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54% 0.72%

Roche Holding AG 0.39% 0.93%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.27% 0.45%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.26% 0.36%

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 0.26% 0.67%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.24% 0.92%

ENGIE SA 0.24% 0.34%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.23% 0.37%

Nestle S.A. 0.40% 0.23%

BASF SE 0.20% 0.41%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.20% 0.97%

LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 0.19% 0.67%

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%

Novartis AG 0.67%

ASML Holding N.V. 0.62%

Tencent Holdings Limited 0.49%

SHELL PLC 0.48%

Only in SEIE

International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. 0.35%

KLEPIERRE SA 0.25%

CHARTER HALL GROUP 0.20%

Futu Holdings Limited 0.17%

COVIVIO SA 0.15%

JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED 0.14%

LAND SECURITIES GROUP PLC 0.13%

CLARKSON PLC 0.12%

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On the same fields

DFAX

Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF

SEIE

SEI Select International Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional SEI

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +20.9% +18.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts +1.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 10481 342

Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026 $12.0bn $1.1bn

DFAX and SEIE 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.

SEIE in plain words

SEIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.9% 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 Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 342 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAX or SEIE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and SEIE +18.9%.
Which is cheaper, DFAX or SEIE?: 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 SEIE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAX and 0% of SEIE 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 ↗SEIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SEIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗SEI 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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