Which returned more over the last year, DIHP or EFA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIHP returned +13.3% and EFA +13.8%.

Which is cheaper, DIHP or EFA?

DIHP is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DIHP and EFA overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DIHP vs EFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DIHP and EFA hold 32% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $6.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International High Profitability ETF, and $76.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE ETF.

DIHP costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; EFA is 12.3 times larger.

	DIHP	EFA
Expense ratio	0.27%	0.32%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$6.4bn	$78.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.3%	+13.8%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI EAFE Index
Holdings in common	32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	18.8%	14.2%
Below its high	4.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026	5.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+13.3%

DIHP total return, 1 year

+13.8%

EFA total return, 1 year

0.27%

DIHP expense ratio

0.32%

EFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DIHP and EFA hold 32% 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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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DIHP EFA

ASML Holding N.V. 3.51% 3.35%

Novartis AG 1.44% 1.22%

Nestle S.A. 1.98% 1.11%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 1.57% 1.02%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.95% 1.12%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.25% 0.89%

Tokyo Electron Limited 1.28% 0.81%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.84% 0.76%

Hitachi, Ltd. 0.90% 0.74%

Allianz SE 0.72% 0.83%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.09% 0.71%

Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd. 0.95% 0.68%

Only in DIHP

LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE 1.43%

BP P.L.C. 1.10%

NOVO NORDISK A/S 1.04%

GSK PLC 1.02%

Deutsche Telekom AG 0.99%

ENEL - SPA 0.89%

CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 0.83%

Siemens Energy AG 0.79%

Only in EFA

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.47%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.40%

SHELL 1.36%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.12%

SIEMENS N AG 1.01%

SAP 0.99%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.90%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.81%

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On the same fields

DIHP

Dimensional International High Profitability ETF

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +13.3% +13.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −4.0 pts −3.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.27% 0.32%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 519 659

Net assets, DIHP as of Jul 31, 2026 and EFA as of Oct 9, 2026 $6.4bn $76.5bn

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

DIHP in plain words

DIHP is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.3% 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 519 positions, with the top ten at 18.8%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

EFA in plain words

EFA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% 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 659 positions, with the top ten at 14.2%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIHP or EFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIHP returned +13.3% and EFA +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, DIHP or EFA?: DIHP is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DIHP and EFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DIHP and 0% of EFA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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