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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSI returned +12.2% and SPDW +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, DFSI or SPDW?

SPDW is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFSI vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFSI and SPDW hold 52% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $1.1bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.5 points; SPDW is far larger, $40.5bn against $1.1bn.

	DFSI	SPDW
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.1bn	$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+12.2%	+19.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	52%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.7%	12.9%
Below its high	5.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+12.2%

DFSI total return, 1 year

+19.7%

SPDW total return, 1 year

0.24%

DFSI expense ratio

0.03%

SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFSI and SPDW hold 52% 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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52% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFSI SPDW

Roche Holding AG 1.29% 0.90%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.81% 0.81%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.66% 0.74%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.56% 0.67%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.55% 0.61%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.54% 0.57%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.54% 0.66%

Allianz SE 0.61% 0.53%

Tokyo Electron Limited 0.50% 0.56%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.77% 0.50%

Hitachi, Ltd. 0.53% 0.49%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.77% 0.49%

Only in DFSI

ASML Holding N.V. 2.48%

Novartis AG 1.09%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.52%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.31%

RELX PLC 0.31%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.22%

NATIONAL GRID PLC 0.16%

DIAGEO PLC 0.15%

Only in SPDW

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%

SK HYNIX INC 2.21%

SHELL PLC 0.88%

NESTLE SA REG 0.72%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.66%

TOTALENERGIES SE 0.55%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 0.46%

UNILEVER PLC 0.41%

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On the same fields

DFSI

Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF

SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +12.2% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −5.1 pts +2.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.24% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 2798 2448

Net assets, DFSI as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.1bn $40.5bn

DFSI and SPDW 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.

SPDW in plain words

SPDW tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 2,448 positions, with the top ten at 12.9%. It sat 4.5% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFSI or SPDW?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSI returned +12.2% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFSI or SPDW?: SPDW is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFSI and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFSI and 0% of SPDW 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 ↗SPDW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPDW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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