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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and VXUS +17.8%.

Which is cheaper, DFIC or VXUS?

VXUS is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFIC vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIC and VXUS hold 47% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $14.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF, and $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

VXUS costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; VXUS is far larger, $645.9bn against $14.8bn.

	DFIC	VXUS
Expense ratio	0.22%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$14.8bn	$645.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+17.8%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common	47%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.9%	14.1%
Below its high	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.9%, 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

+17.8%

VXUS total return, 1 year

0.22%

DFIC expense ratio

0.05%

VXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIC and VXUS hold 47% 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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47% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFIC VXUS

Roche Holding AG 0.63% 0.67%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.67% 0.62%

Nestle S.A. 0.62% 0.55%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46% 0.46%

Allianz SE 0.48% 0.43%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.45% 0.37%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.72% 0.37%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.36% 0.54%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.35% 0.44%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.33% 0.53%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.42% 0.33%

Hitachi, Ltd. 0.32% 0.33%

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%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.20%

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC 0.18%

Only in VXUS

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.98%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.90%

SLCMT1142 1.83%

SK hynix Inc 1.46%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.78%

MKTLIQ 0.65%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.59%

Shell PLC 0.56%

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On the same fields

DFIC

Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF

VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +17.4% +17.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.2 pts +0.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.22% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 4118 8802

Net assets, DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $14.8bn $163.2bn

DFIC and VXUS 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.

VXUS in plain words

VXUS tracks an index of Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 8,802 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIC or VXUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIC returned +17.4% and VXUS +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, DFIC or VXUS?: VXUS is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIC and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIC and 0% of VXUS 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 ↗VXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VXUS ↗

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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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