Which returned more over the last year, DISV or DLS?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DISV returned +22.8% and DLS +13.2%.

Which is cheaper, DISV or DLS?

DISV is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DISV and DLS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DISV vs DLS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DISV and DLS hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and DISV returned +22.8% over the year. Net assets: $4.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF, and $1.0bn on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund.

DISV costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.6 points.

	DISV	DLS
Expense ratio	0.42%	0.58%
Net assets, DISV as of Jul 31, 2026 and DLS as of Jun 30, 2026	$4.9bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	+13.2%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.5%	5.7%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026	3.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+22.8%

DISV total return, 1 year

+13.2%

DLS total return, 1 year

0.42%

DISV expense ratio

0.58%

DLS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DISV and DLS hold 21% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DISV DLS

TP ICAP GROUP PLC 0.48% 0.39%

Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group, Inc. 0.31% 0.30%

VALEO SE 0.57% 0.29%

OSB GROUP PLC 0.30% 0.27%

Clariant AG 0.27% 0.32%

APERAM SA 0.27% 0.42%

NSK Ltd. 0.27% 0.25%

Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings, Inc. 0.39% 0.21%

Hirogin Holdings, Inc. 0.39% 0.20%

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. 0.19% 0.21%

Bekaert NV 0.18% 0.23%

Chugin Financial Group,Inc. 0.18% 0.27%

Only in DISV

Swiss Prime Site AG 0.89%

CARREFOUR SA 0.76%

SYENSQO NV 0.70%

Fresenius Medical Care AG 0.67%

KINGFISHER PLC 0.62%

ALSTOM SA 0.59%

WHITECAP RESOURCES INC. 0.59%

Evonik Industries AG 0.57%

Only in DLS

ELECNOR SA 0.74%

PLUS500 LTD 0.64%

HAFNIA LTD 0.64%

TAIYO YUDEN CO LTD 0.57%

DOF GROUP ASA 0.46%

FIRST RESOURCES LTD 0.45%

FIBI HOLDINGS LTD 0.42%

REN - REDES ENERGETICAS NACIONAIS SGPS SA 0.39%

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On the same fields

DISV

Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF

DLS

WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional WisdomTree

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +22.8% +13.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +5.5 pts −4.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.42% 0.58%

Already in the S&P 500 0.2% 0.0%

Holdings 1621 1020

Net assets, DISV as of Jul 31, 2026 and DLS as of Jun 30, 2026 $4.9bn $1.0bn

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

DISV in plain words

DISV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.42% 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 1,621 positions, with the top ten at 6.5%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

DLS in plain words

DLS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.58% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,020 positions, with the top ten at 5.7%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DISV or DLS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DISV returned +22.8% and DLS +13.2%.
Which is cheaper, DISV or DLS?: DISV is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DISV and DLS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DISV and 0% of DLS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DISV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DISV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗DLS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DLS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree 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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