Which returned more over the last year, DFSI or IDEV?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSI returned +12.2% and IDEV +14.5%.

Which is cheaper, DFSI or IDEV?

IDEV is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFSI and IDEV overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFSI vs IDEV: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFSI and IDEV hold 46% of their weight in the same names, and IDEV returned +14.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.1bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF, and $33.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF.

IDEV costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.3 points; IDEV is far larger, $31.6bn against $1.1bn.

	DFSI	IDEV
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.1bn	$31.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+12.2%	+14.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index
Holdings in common	46%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.7%	10.8%
Below its high	5.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+12.2%

DFSI total return, 1 year

+14.5%

IDEV total return, 1 year

0.24%

DFSI expense ratio

0.04%

IDEV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFSI and IDEV hold 46% 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.

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46% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFSI IDEV

ASML Holding N.V. 2.48% 2.52%

Novartis AG 1.09% 0.92%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.81% 0.93%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.66% 0.84%

Allianz SE 0.61% 0.62%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.77% 0.57%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.56% 0.61%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.55% 0.67%

Hitachi, Ltd. 0.53% 0.55%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.77% 0.53%

ABB Ltd 0.56% 0.52%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.52% 1.11%

Only in DFSI

LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 0.59%

Siemens Energy AG 0.54%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.54%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.54%

NOVO NORDISK A/S 0.52%

L'OREAL SA 0.48%

E.ON SE 0.42%

Nordea Bank Abp 0.38%

Only in IDEV

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.05%

SHELL 1.02%

NESTLE SA 0.83%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.77%

SIEMENS N AG 0.76%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.71%

TORONTO DOMINION 0.67%

TOTALENERGIES 0.60%

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On the same fields

DFSI

Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF

IDEV

iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets

Total return, 1 year +12.2% +14.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −5.1 pts −2.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.24% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 2798 2287

Net assets, DFSI as of Jul 31, 2026 and IDEV as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.1bn $33.1bn

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

DFSI in plain words

DFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% 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 2,798 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

IDEV in plain words

IDEV tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 2,287 positions, with the top ten at 10.8%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFSI or IDEV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSI returned +12.2% and IDEV +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, DFSI or IDEV?: IDEV is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFSI and IDEV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFSI and 0% of IDEV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗IDEV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IDEV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IDEV ↗

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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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