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DFIC vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIC and VEA hold 57% of their weight in the same names, and VEA returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $14.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

VEA costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.3 points.

DFICVEA
Expense ratio0.22%0.03%
Net assets, DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026$14.8bn$231.6bn
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+19.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common57%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund6.9%13.0%
Below its high4.8%, high on Aug 25, 20264.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+17.4%
DFIC total return, 1 year
+19.7%
VEA total return, 1 year
0.22%
DFIC expense ratio
0.03%
VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIC and VEA hold 57% 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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57% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFIC VEA
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.67% 0.86%
Roche Holding AG 0.63% 0.92%
Nestle S.A. 0.62% 0.75%
TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72% 0.51%
Allianz SE 0.48% 0.59%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46% 0.63%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.45% 0.51%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.42% 0.72%
UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.40% 0.44%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.36% 0.74%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.35% 0.61%
Deutsche Telekom AG 0.41% 0.34%
Only in DFIC
ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
SHELL PLC 0.98%
Novartis AG 0.76%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%
BP P.L.C. 0.40%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.26%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.20%
Only in VEA
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.61%
SK hynix Inc 2.01%
SLBBH1142 1.25%
Shell PLC 0.77%
Unilever PLC 0.41%
SoftBank Group Corp 0.36%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS-PREF 0.33%
Investor AB 0.23%

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On the same fields

DFIC
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF
VEA
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year +17.4% +19.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.2 pts +2.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.22% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%
Holdings 4118 3898
Net assets, DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $14.8bn $231.6bn

DFIC and VEA 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.

VEA in plain words

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 3,898 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIC or VEA?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFIC or VEA?
VEA is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIC and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIC and 0% of VEA 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 ↗VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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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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