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DFAX vs TOUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAX and TOUS hold 17% 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 $1.7bn on Oct 9, 2026 for T. Rowe Price International Equity ETF.

DFAX costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.9 points.

DFAXTOUS
Expense ratio0.28%0.50%
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and TOUS as of Oct 9, 2026$12.0bn$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year+20.9%+15.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund8.2%17.5%
Below its high3.4%, high on Sep 4, 20265.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+20.9%
DFAX total return, 1 year
+15.0%
TOUS total return, 1 year
0.28%
DFAX expense ratio
0.50%
TOUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAX and TOUS hold 17% 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.

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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAX TOUS
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.34% 1.02%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.86% 0.65%
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54% 1.34%
Nestle S.A. 0.40% 0.40%
Roche Holding AG 0.39% 1.35%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.38% 0.79%
Allianz SE 0.30% 1.06%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.27% 1.39%
ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.26% 0.47%
Deutsche Telekom AG 0.26% 0.75%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.25% 1.01%
UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.24% 1.68%
Only in DFAX
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%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.36%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.29%
Only in TOUS
ORIX CORP 0.99%
SEGRO PLC 0.61%
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC 0.60%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA 0.48%
SEA LTD ADR 0.46%
AERCAP HOLDINGS NV 0.38%
AMCOR PLC 0.30%
CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC 0.29%

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On the same fields

DFAX
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
TOUS
T. Rowe Price International Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional T. Rowe Price
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +20.9% +15.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts −2.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.28% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.3%
Holdings 10481 188
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and TOUS as of Oct 9, 2026 $12.0bn $1.7bn

DFAX and TOUS 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.

TOUS in plain words

TOUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.0% 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 Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 188 positions, with the top ten at 17.5%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAX or TOUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and TOUS +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFAX or TOUS?
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 TOUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAX and 0% of TOUS 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 ↗TOUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗TOUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗T. Rowe Price website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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