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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIHP returned +13.3% and IEFA +13.9%.

Which is cheaper, DIHP or IEFA?

IEFA 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 DIHP and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DIHP vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DIHP and IEFA hold 30% of their weight in the same names, and IEFA returned +13.9% over the year. Net assets: $6.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International High Profitability ETF, and $189.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

IEFA costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; IEFA is far larger, $190.1bn against $6.4bn.

	DIHP	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.27%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$6.4bn	$190.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+13.3%	+13.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Holdings in common	30%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	18.8%	12.2%
Below its high	4.9%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.8%, 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

+13.9%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.27%

DIHP expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DIHP and IEFA hold 30% 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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30% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DIHP IEFA

ASML Holding N.V. 3.51% 2.87%

Novartis AG 1.44% 1.05%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.95% 0.96%

Nestle S.A. 1.98% 0.95%

BHP GROUP LIMITED 1.57% 0.88%

ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.25% 0.77%

Allianz SE 0.72% 0.71%

Tokyo Electron Limited 1.28% 0.69%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 0.84% 0.65%

Hitachi, Ltd. 0.90% 0.63%

ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.09% 0.61%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.65% 0.58%

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 IEFA

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.26%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.20%

SHELL 1.17%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.95%

SIEMENS N AG 0.87%

SAP 0.85%

BANCO SANTANDER 0.77%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.70%

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On the same fields

DIHP

Dimensional International High Profitability ETF

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year +13.3% +13.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −4.0 pts −3.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.27% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 519 2628

Net assets, DIHP as of Jul 31, 2026 and IEFA as of Oct 9, 2026 $6.4bn $189.5bn

DIHP and IEFA 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.

IEFA in plain words

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 2,628 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DIHP or IEFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DIHP returned +13.3% and IEFA +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, DIHP or IEFA?: IEFA 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 DIHP and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DIHP and 0% of IEFA 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 ↗IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEFA ↗

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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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