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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and VSGX +19.5%.

Which is cheaper, DFIC or VSGX?

VSGX is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFIC vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIC and VSGX hold 40% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $14.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points.

	DFIC	VSGX
Expense ratio	0.22%	0.10%
Net assets, DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026	$14.8bn	$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+19.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common	40%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.9%	17.1%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+17.4%

DFIC total return, 1 year

+19.5%

VSGX total return, 1 year

0.22%

DFIC expense ratio

0.10%

VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIC and VSGX hold 40% 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 DFIC VSGX

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.67% 0.85%

Roche Holding AG 0.63% 0.90%

Nestle S.A. 0.62% 0.74%

Allianz SE 0.48% 0.59%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46% 0.62%

UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.40% 0.43%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.36% 0.73%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.33% 0.71%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.41% 0.33%

Sony Group Corporation 0.31% 0.43%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.29% 0.72%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.28% 0.45%

Only in DFIC

ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%

SHELL PLC 0.98%

Novartis AG 0.76%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.45%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.42%

Only in VSGX

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.37%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.56%

SK hynix Inc 1.98%

SLCMT1142 1.18%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%

MediaTek Inc 0.53%

Unilever PLC 0.40%

SoftBank Group Corp 0.36%

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On the same fields

DFIC

Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF

VSGX

Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.4% +19.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.2 pts +2.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.22% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 4118 6631

Net assets, DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $14.8bn $6.7bn

DFIC and VSGX 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.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% 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 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIC or VSGX?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, DFIC or VSGX?: VSGX is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIC and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIC and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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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