Dimensional - US Core Equity 2 ETF
$44.98−0.23 (−0.52%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.17%
- Fund size
- $49.2B
- 1Y return
- +17.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.89%
- Holdings
- 2598
- Volume · 30D
- 2M sh
- NAV per share
- $45.22
- 52W range
The ETF.net DFAC Grade
Score 85 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 94Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 62Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 85Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 87Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 97Category rank
Our read on DFAC
ADimensional's whole-market workhorse: roughly 2,600 US stocks in one ticker, run by managers who weigh federal tax consequences before they trade, at a fee closer to index funds than to active ones.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation while considering federal income-tax implications in its investment decisions.
Why people hold it
- 0.17% a year for an actively run fund, well under the median fee among active US equity ETFs.
- About 2,600 US stocks under one ticker, so it holds the market broadly rather than a narrow slice of it.
- Federal income-tax implications sit inside the stated objective, not in a footnote, so they factor into what managers buy and sell.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund with a track record running back to 2007 and one of the strongest implementations in its peer group.
Worth knowing
- Actively managed, so there's no published index to check it against. Holdings and tilts shift at the managers' discretion.
- Dimensional's own DFAU runs a US core equity mandate for 0.12%, a slightly lighter fee for a similar shelf.
- All stocks, all US: the mandate is capital appreciation from equities, so it takes the market's full swings, and cash arrives quarterly.
DFAC Holdings
- Stocks
- 2,598
- 27%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology30.2%
- Financials14.9%
- Industrials11.9%
- Health Care10.4%
- Consumer Discr.10.3%
- Communication6.8%
- Energy5.8%
- Cons. Staples4.8%
- Materials3.2%
- Utilities1.7%
- Real Estate0.2%
Geography
- United States96.71%
- Ireland1.06%
- United Kingdom0.76%
- Bermuda0.45%
- Switzerland0.33%
- Singapore0.20%
- Netherlands0.18%
- Cayman Islands0.08%
- 0.22%
DFAC Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DFAC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.8% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | +2.6% |
| 1 year | +17.8% |
| 3 years | +21.0% |
| 5 years | +12.2% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DFAC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.8% | |
| 2025 | +15.7% | |
| 2024 | +19.6% | |
| 2023 | +22.0% | |
| 2022 | −14.9% | |
| 2021 | +9.5% |
DFAC in the news
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DFAC Dividends
- 0.89%
- $0.40
- $0.11 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Sep 19, 2024 | $0.09 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.10 |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Sep 22, 2023 | $0.10 |
DFAC Risk
- 13.3%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.07
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −23.1%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.99
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFAC Cost
- The middle half of US Active Equity funds
- Median 0.70%
6 of the 124 US Active Equity funds charge less.