Which returned more over the last year, DFIS or SCHC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIS returned +16.3% and SCHC +12.9%.

Which is cheaper, DFIS or SCHC?

SCHC is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFIS and SCHC overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFIS vs SCHC: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIS and SCHC hold 51% of their weight in the same names, and DFIS returned +16.3% over the year. Net assets: $5.7bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Small Cap ETF, and $5.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF.

SCHC costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points.

	DFIS	SCHC
Expense ratio	0.39%	0.06%
Net assets, DFIS as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHC as of May 31, 2026	$5.7bn	$5.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+12.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	51%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	3.6%	3.4%
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 27, 2026	4.6%, high on Aug 27, 2026

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

+16.3%

DFIS total return, 1 year

+12.9%

SCHC total return, 1 year

0.39%

DFIS expense ratio

0.06%

SCHC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIS and SCHC hold 51% 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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51% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFIS SCHC

FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.31% 0.37%

GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ SA 0.29% 0.32%

Games Workshop Group PLC 0.28% 0.33%

DPM Metals Inc. 0.31% 0.27%

Accelleron Industries AG 0.27% 0.35%

CAPITAL POWER CORPORATION 0.26% 0.30%

thyssenkrupp AG 0.30% 0.25%

Hudbay Minerals Inc. 0.25% 0.41%

SSR MINING INC. 0.25% 0.24%

SAIPEM S.P.A. 0.27% 0.23%

IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLC 0.22% 0.29%

UMICORE SA 0.21% 0.25%

Only in DFIS

TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.52%

VAT Group AG 0.41%

BAWAG Group AG 0.38%

Mercari, Inc. 0.36%

Swiss Prime Site AG 0.33%

Orion Oyj 0.31%

REXEL SA 0.31%

CARREFOUR SA 0.30%

Only in SCHC

Storebrand ASA 0.29%

Subsea 7 SA 0.28%

NexGen Energy Ltd 0.26%

Nordnet AB publ 0.26%

Aedifica SA 0.26%

Aberdeen Group PLC 0.22%

LondonMetric Property PLC 0.21%

G Mining Ventures Corp 0.21%

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On the same fields

DFIS

Dimensional International Small Cap ETF

SCHC

Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Schwab

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +16.3% +12.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.0 pts −4.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.39% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 3498 2230

Net assets, DFIS as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHC as of May 31, 2026 $5.7bn $5.6bn

DFIS and SCHC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DFIS in plain words

DFIS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% 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 3,498 positions, with the top ten at 3.6%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SCHC in plain words

SCHC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,230 positions, with the top ten at 3.4%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIS or SCHC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIS returned +16.3% and SCHC +12.9%.
Which is cheaper, DFIS or SCHC?: SCHC is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIS and SCHC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIS and 0% of SCHC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFIS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFIS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗SCHC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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