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DFIV vs EFAV: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIV and EFAV hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and DFIV returned +24.2% over the year. Net assets: $21.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Value ETF, and $5.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF.

EFAV costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.9 points.

DFIVEFAV
Expense ratio0.27%0.20%
Net assets, DFIV as of Jul 31, 2026 and EFAV as of Oct 9, 2026$21.4bn$5.3bn
Total return, 1 year+24.2%+12.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund15.5%14.8%
Below its high5.7%, high on Sep 3, 20263.7%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+24.2%
DFIV total return, 1 year
+12.3%
EFAV total return, 1 year
0.27%
DFIV expense ratio
0.20%
EFAV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIV and EFAV hold 15% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

half

15% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFIV EFAV
SHELL PLC 3.17% 1.66%
TOTALENERGIES SE 2.05% 1.40%
Zurich Insurance Group AG 0.95% 1.26%
ORANGE SA 0.78% 0.92%
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. 0.75% 0.74%
Novartis AG 0.65% 1.31%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 0.58% 1.56%
Repsol, S.A. 0.76% 0.40%
UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED 0.39% 0.70%
Swisscom AG 0.38% 1.30%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.53% 0.37%
INPEX CORPORATION 0.40% 0.34%
Only in DFIV
Banco Santander, S.A. 1.93%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.27%
BASF SE 1.21%
SOCIETE GENERALE SA 1.05%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 1.05%
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC 1.01%
BP P.L.C. 1.01%
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft 0.97%
Only in EFAV
IBERDROLA 1.56%
EQUINOR 1.54%
ENI 1.50%
DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 1.49%
SECOM 1.47%
SOFTBANK 1.17%
UNILEVER PLC 1.16%
KDDI 1.10%

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On the same fields

DFIV
Dimensional International Value ETF
EFAV
iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +24.2% +12.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +7.0 pts −4.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.27% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%
Holdings 623 270
Net assets, DFIV as of Jul 31, 2026 and EFAV as of Oct 9, 2026 $21.4bn $5.3bn

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

DFIV in plain words

DFIV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.27% 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 623 positions, with the top ten at 15.5%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

EFAV in plain words

EFAV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 270 positions, with the top ten at 14.8%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIV or EFAV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIV returned +24.2% and EFAV +12.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFIV or EFAV?
EFAV is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIV and EFAV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIV and 0% of EFAV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
Other comparisons
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Where these figures came from
DFIV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFIV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗EFAV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFAV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EFAV ↗

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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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