Which returned more over the last year, DFIV or FNDF?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIV returned +24.2% and FNDF +28.5%.

Which is cheaper, DFIV or FNDF?

FNDF is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFIV and FNDF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIV and 1% of FNDF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DFIV vs FNDF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIV and FNDF hold 41% of their weight in the same names, and FNDF returned +28.5% over the year. Net assets: $21.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Value ETF, and $24.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF.

FNDF costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points.

	DFIV	FNDF
Expense ratio	0.27%	0.25%
Net assets, DFIV as of Jul 31, 2026 and FNDF as of May 31, 2026	$21.4bn	$24.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+24.2%	+28.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	41%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.5%	17.0%
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 3, 2026	4.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+24.2%

DFIV total return, 1 year

+28.5%

FNDF total return, 1 year

0.27%

DFIV expense ratio

0.25%

FNDF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIV and FNDF hold 41% 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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41% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFIV FNDF

TOTALENERGIES SE 2.05% 1.69%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.78% 0.89%

SHELL PLC 0.79% 2.19%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.74% 1.00%

Banco Santander, S.A. 1.93% 0.73%

GLENCORE PLC 0.60% 1.22%

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 0.67% 0.58%

ENI S.P.A. 0.86% 0.55%

Suncor Energy Inc. 0.84% 0.51%

BASF SE 1.21% 0.51%

Panasonic Holdings Corporation 0.59% 0.50%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 1.05% 0.50%

Only in DFIV

SHELL PLC 3.17%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.27%

BP P.L.C. 1.01%

Novartis AG 0.65%

BANK OF MONTREAL 0.50%

Banco Santander, S.A. 0.41%

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.41%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.36%

Only in FNDF

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.51%

SK hynix Inc 1.37%

BHP Group Ltd 1.22%

Roche Holding AG 0.82%

Rio Tinto PLC 0.80%

Nestle SA 0.67%

Novartis AG 0.59%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.59%

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On the same fields

DFIV

Dimensional International Value ETF

FNDF

Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Schwab

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +24.2% +28.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +7.0 pts +11.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.27% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.7%

Holdings 623 889

Net assets, DFIV as of Jul 31, 2026 and FNDF as of May 31, 2026 $21.4bn $24.6bn

DFIV and FNDF 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.

FNDF in plain words

FNDF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 1% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 889 positions, with the top ten at 17.0%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFIV or FNDF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIV returned +24.2% and FNDF +28.5%.
Which is cheaper, DFIV or FNDF?: FNDF is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIV and FNDF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIV and 1% of FNDF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFIV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFIV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗FNDF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FNDF 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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