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DFIV vs VXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFIV and VXUS hold 23% 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 $163.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total International Stock ETF.

VXUS costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points; VXUS is far larger, $645.9bn against $21.4bn.

DFIVVXUS
Expense ratio0.27%0.05%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$21.4bn$645.9bn
Total return, 1 year+24.2%+17.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund15.5%14.1%
Below its high5.7%, high on Sep 3, 20263.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+24.2%
DFIV total return, 1 year
+17.8%
VXUS total return, 1 year
0.27%
DFIV expense ratio
0.05%
VXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFIV and VXUS hold 23% 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.

half

23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFIV VXUS
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.74% 0.77%
SHELL PLC 0.79% 0.56%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.53% 0.54%
Banco Santander, S.A. 1.93% 0.47%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1.78% 0.46%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 1.05% 0.44%
UBS Group AG 0.48% 0.37%
TOTALENERGIES SE 2.05% 0.37%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 1.01% 0.34%
UNICREDIT, SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0.60% 0.32%
COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.82% 0.28%
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 0.55% 0.27%
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%
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.41%
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.36%
TELECOM ITALIA SPA 0.32%
Only in VXUS
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.98%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.90%
SLCMT1142 1.83%
SK hynix Inc 1.46%
ASML Holding NV 1.43%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.78%
Roche Holding AG 0.67%
MKTLIQ 0.65%

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On the same fields

DFIV
Dimensional International Value 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 +24.2% +17.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +7.0 pts +0.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.27% 0.05%
Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%
Holdings 623 8802
Net assets, DFIV as of Jul 31, 2026 and VXUS as of Sep 30, 2026 $21.4bn $163.2bn

DFIV and VXUS 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.

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, DFIV or VXUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFIV returned +24.2% and VXUS +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, DFIV or VXUS?
VXUS is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFIV and VXUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFIV and 0% of VXUS 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 ↗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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