Which returned more over the last year, DFIC or DFSI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and DFSI +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, DFIC or DFSI?

DFIC is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFIC and DFSI overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFIC vs DFSI: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIC and DFSI hold 69% of their weight in the same names, and DFIC returned +17.4% over the year. Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $14.8bn for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF and $1.1bn for Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF.

DFIC costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points; DFIC is 12.9 times larger.

	DFIC	DFSI
Expense ratio	0.22%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$14.8bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+12.2%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	69%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.9%	9.7%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	5.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+17.4%

DFIC total return, 1 year

+12.2%

DFSI total return, 1 year

0.22%

DFIC expense ratio

0.24%

DFSI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIC and DFSI hold 69% 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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69% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFIC DFSI

ASML Holding N.V. 1.05% 2.48%

Novartis AG 0.76% 1.09%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.67% 0.81%

Roche Holding AG 0.63% 1.29%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49% 0.52%

Allianz SE 0.48% 0.61%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46% 0.56%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.45% 0.77%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.36% 0.36%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.35% 0.54%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.33% 0.66%

Hitachi, Ltd. 0.32% 0.53%

Only in DFIC

SHELL PLC 0.98%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72%

Nestle S.A. 0.62%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.42%

BP P.L.C. 0.40%

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 0.38%

Suncor Energy Inc. 0.35%

ENGIE SA 0.35%

Only in DFSI

DIAGEO PLC 0.02%

STMicroelectronics N.V. 0.02%

WPP PLC 0.01%

SPAREBANKEN NORGE 0.01%

VULCAN ENERGY RESOURCES LIMITED 0.01%

Spin Master Corp. 0.00%

JUMBO INTERACTIVE LIMITED 0.00%

Sto SE & Co. KGaA 0.00%

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On the same fields

DFIC

Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF

DFSI

Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Dimensional

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +17.4% +12.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.2 pts −5.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.22% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.1%

Holdings 4118 2798

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $14.8bn $1.1bn

DFIC and DFSI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DFIC in plain words

DFIC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.22% 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 4,118 positions, with the top ten at 6.9%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

DFSI in plain words

DFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% 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 2,798 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIC or DFSI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and DFSI +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFIC or DFSI?: DFIC is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIC and DFSI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIC and 0% of DFSI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFIC and DFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFIC and DFSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional 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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