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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DMXF returned +15.5% and SPDW +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, DMXF or SPDW?

SPDW is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DMXF vs SPDW: Differences, Returns & Fees

DMXF and SPDW hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and SPDW returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $1.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF, and $40.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF.

SPDW costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.2 points.

	DMXF	SPDW
Expense ratio	0.12%	0.03%
Net assets, DMXF as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.0bn	$40.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	+19.7%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	S&P Developed Ex-U.S. BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.8%	12.9%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026	4.5%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+15.5%

DMXF total return, 1 year

+19.7%

SPDW total return, 1 year

0.12%

DMXF expense ratio

0.03%

SPDW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DMXF and SPDW hold 31% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DMXF SPDW

ASML HOLDING 6.50% 2.15%

NOVARTIS AG 2.45% 0.79%

SAP 2.03% 0.64%

ADVANTEST 1.79% 0.61%

TOKYO ELECTRON 1.63% 0.56%

ALLIANZ 1.66% 0.53%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 1.63% 0.53%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 1.53% 0.50%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 1.38% 0.49%

ABB LTD 1.39% 0.46%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 1.27% 0.46%

MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP 1.13% 0.40%

Only in DMXF

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 2.18%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 1.40%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.67%

NORDEA BANK 0.54%

HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 0.42%

MS&AD INSURANCE GROUP HOLDINGS 0.35%

ASSA ABLOY B 0.32%

SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN 0.31%

Only in SPDW

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.68%

SK HYNIX INC 2.21%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.95%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 0.90%

SHELL PLC 0.88%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.82%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.81%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.74%

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On the same fields

DMXF

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EAFE ETF

SPDW

State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +15.5% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −1.8 pts +2.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.12% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 396 2448

Net assets, DMXF as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPDW as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.0bn $40.5bn

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

DMXF in plain words

DMXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 396 positions, with the top ten at 22.8%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 13, 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, DMXF or SPDW?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DMXF returned +15.5% and SPDW +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, DMXF or SPDW?: SPDW is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DMXF and SPDW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DMXF and 0% of SPDW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DMXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DMXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DMXF ↗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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