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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and VIGI +7.3%.

Which is cheaper, DFAX or VIGI?

VIGI is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFAX vs VIGI: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAX and VIGI 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 $8.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF.

VIGI costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.6 points.

	DFAX	VIGI
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.07%
Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026	$12.0bn	$8.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.9%	+7.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	8.2%	35.4%
Below its high	3.4%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.8%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+20.9%

DFAX total return, 1 year

+7.3%

VIGI total return, 1 year

0.28%

DFAX expense ratio

0.07%

VIGI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAX and VIGI 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAX VIGI

Nestle S.A. 0.40% 3.52%

Roche Holding AG 0.39% 3.40%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.36% 4.61%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.27% 4.63%

Sony Group Corporation 0.23% 2.60%

Hitachi, Ltd. 0.23% 2.63%

E.ON SE 0.19% 0.78%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.15% 2.81%

NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA 0.14% 1.01%

AIA Group Limited 0.14% 1.73%

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 0.13% 1.59%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.12% 3.46%

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%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.54%

Tencent Holdings Limited 0.49%

Only in VIGI

SLBBH1142 0.41%

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd 0.33%

GULF DEVELOPMENT PCL-FOREIGN 0.24%

Hikari Tsushin Inc 0.10%

Sofina SA 0.07%

Financiere de Tubize SA 0.07%

Sundaram Finance Ltd 0.06%

Tokyo Century Corp 0.05%

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On the same fields

DFAX

Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF

VIGI

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +20.9% +7.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.6 pts −10.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 10481 343

Net assets, DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 and VIGI as of Sep 30, 2026 $12.0bn $8.8bn

DFAX and VIGI 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.

VIGI in plain words

VIGI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 343 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAX or VIGI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAX returned +20.9% and VIGI +7.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFAX or VIGI?: VIGI is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAX and VIGI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAX and 0% of VIGI 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 ↗VIGI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIGI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIGI ↗

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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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