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DFIC vs ILOW: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIC and ILOW hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and DFIC returned +17.4% over the year. Net assets: $14.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF, and $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF.

DFIC costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.4 points.

DFICILOW
Expense ratio0.22%0.50%
Net assets, DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 and ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026$14.8bn$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+9.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund6.9%20.7%
Below its high4.8%, high on Aug 25, 20264.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+17.4%
DFIC total return, 1 year
+9.0%
ILOW total return, 1 year
0.22%
DFIC expense ratio
0.50%
ILOW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIC and ILOW hold 11% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFIC ILOW
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72% 1.08%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.67% 0.80%
Roche Holding AG 0.63% 1.78%
UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.40% 1.48%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.36% 1.51%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.35% 1.57%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.33% 1.67%
Hitachi, Ltd. 0.32% 1.34%
Sony Group Corporation 0.31% 1.33%
VINCI SA 0.26% 1.16%
TESCO PLC 0.25% 1.45%
ABB Ltd 0.25% 1.77%
Only in DFIC
ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
SHELL PLC 0.98%
Novartis AG 0.76%
Nestle S.A. 0.62%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%
Allianz SE 0.48%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46%
Only in ILOW
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.50%
Shell PLC 1.33%
BOC Aviation Ltd 1.28%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 0.92%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.59%
Nice Ltd 0.42%

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On the same fields

DFIC
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF
ILOW
AB International Low Volatility Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional AllianceBernstein
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.4% +9.0%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.2 pts −8.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.22% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.6%
Holdings 4118 84
Net assets, DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 and ILOW as of Oct 8, 2026 $14.8bn $1.8bn

DFIC and ILOW 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.

ILOW in plain words

ILOW is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.0% 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 May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 20.7%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIC or ILOW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and ILOW +9.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFIC or ILOW?
DFIC is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIC and ILOW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIC and 1% of ILOW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFIC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFIC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗ILOW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILOW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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