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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSI returned +12.2% and VEU +18.2%.

Which is cheaper, DFSI or VEU?

VEU 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 VEU overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFSI vs VEU: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFSI and VEU hold 42% of their weight in the same names, and VEU returned +18.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.1bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF, and $68.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF.

VEU costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.0 points; VEU is far larger, $95.8bn against $1.1bn.

	DFSI	VEU
Expense ratio	0.24%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.1bn	$95.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+12.2%	+18.2%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE All-World ex US Index
Holdings in common	42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.7%	14.5%
Below its high	5.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+12.2%

DFSI total return, 1 year

+18.2%

VEU total return, 1 year

0.24%

DFSI expense ratio

0.04%

VEU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFSI and VEU hold 42% 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.

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42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFSI VEU

Roche Holding AG 1.29% 0.73%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.81% 0.68%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.66% 0.58%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.54% 0.58%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.56% 0.50%

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 0.54% 0.48%

Allianz SE 0.61% 0.47%

Banco Santander, S.A. 0.46% 0.52%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.77% 0.44%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 0.77% 0.41%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.39% 0.46%

Tokyo Electron Limited 0.50% 0.37%

Only in DFSI

ASML Holding N.V. 2.48%

Novartis AG 1.09%

UNILEVER PLC 0.54%

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%

Only in VEU

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.36%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.08%

SK hynix Inc 1.60%

SLBBH1142 1.11%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.86%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.65%

Shell PLC 0.61%

Nestle SA 0.60%

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On the same fields

DFSI

Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF

VEU

Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US

Total return, 1 year +12.2% +18.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −5.1 pts +0.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.24% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 2798 3862

Net assets, DFSI as of Jul 31, 2026 and VEU as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.1bn $68.1bn

DFSI and VEU 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.

VEU in plain words

VEU tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.2% 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 as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,862 positions, with the top ten at 14.5%. 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, DFSI or VEU?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSI returned +12.2% and VEU +18.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFSI or VEU?: VEU 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 VEU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFSI and 0% of VEU 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 ↗VEU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEU ↗

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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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