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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and SEIE +18.9%.

Which is cheaper, DFIC or SEIE?

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 SEIE overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFIC vs SEIE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIC and SEIE hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and SEIE returned +18.9% over the year. Net assets: $14.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF, and $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for SEI Select International Equity ETF.

DFIC costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points.

	DFIC	SEIE
Expense ratio	0.22%	0.50%
Net assets, DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 and SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026	$14.8bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+18.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.9%	13.0%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	5.2%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+17.4%

DFIC total return, 1 year

+18.9%

SEIE total return, 1 year

0.22%

DFIC expense ratio

0.50%

SEIE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIC and SEIE hold 29% 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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29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFIC SEIE

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72% 0.72%

Roche Holding AG 0.63% 0.93%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.40% 0.92%

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 0.38% 0.67%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.45% 0.37%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.41% 0.36%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.36% 0.45%

ENGIE SA 0.35% 0.34%

BASF SE 0.33% 0.41%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.33% 0.97%

ENI S.P.A. 0.28% 0.65%

LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 0.28% 0.67%

Only in DFIC

ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%

SHELL PLC 0.98%

Novartis AG 0.76%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.67%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%

Allianz SE 0.48%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46%

Only in SEIE

SHELL PLC 0.59%

International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. 0.35%

KLEPIERRE SA 0.25%

CHARTER HALL GROUP 0.20%

STMicroelectronics N.V. 0.19%

DIAGEO PLC 0.17%

Futu Holdings Limited 0.17%

UNILEVER PLC 0.15%

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On the same fields

DFIC

Dimensional International 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 +17.4% +18.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.2 pts +1.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.22% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 4118 342

Net assets, DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 and SEIE as of Jun 30, 2026 $14.8bn $1.1bn

DFIC and SEIE 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.

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, DFIC or SEIE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and SEIE +18.9%.
Which is cheaper, DFIC or SEIE?: 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 SEIE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIC and 0% of SEIE 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 ↗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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