Dimensional - International Core Equity Market ETF
$41.48+0.21 (+0.51%)
- 0.18%
- $17.8B
- +18.2%
- 2.45%
- 1.7M sh
- $41.14
- low $35.67high $43.59
The ETF.net DFAI Grade
A
Score 77 out of 100
- 3 of 30
Score 77 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A91 out of 100Rank 3 of 30Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.B60 out of 100Rank 8 of 8Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C52 out of 100Rank 15 of 30Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A77 out of 100Rank 3 of 30Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A80 out of 100Rank 5 of 30Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A70 out of 100Rank 7 of 30
Our read on DFAI
ADimensional's take on developed markets outside the US: several thousand stocks, plus deliberate leans toward cheaper and more profitable companies. Index-fund breadth with a research desk setting the weights, priced above the plain vanilla crowd.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through an integrated approach combining research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading.
Why people hold it
- Holds several thousand developed-market stocks outside the US, so no single name, sector or country steers the fund.
- The tilts are in the mandate, not the marketing: it leans toward cheaper stocks and more profitable companies while still owning the broad market.
- Portfolio construction is one of the stronger builds in its peer group, and the fund is a multi-billion-dollar, actively traded name that pays quarterly.
Worth knowing
- At 0.18% it costs many times what plain cap-weighted rivals like VEA, SPDW and SCHF charge. The tilts are what the extra buys.
- MSCI World ex USA IMI is the yardstick, not a leash. Dimensional builds the portfolio its own way, so it can look and behave differently from that index.
- Launched in late 2020, so its live record is shorter than the index giants', and on the whole package it lands in the lower half of its developed-core cohort.
DFAI Holdings
- Stocks
- 3,776
- 10%
- ASML
Sectors
- Financials24.6%
- Industrials17.9%
- Technology11.3%
- Materials9.1%
- Health Care8.0%
- Consumer Discretionary7.8%
- Energy6.9%
- Consumer Staples5.8%
- Utilities3.6%
- Communication3.6%
- Real Estate1.2%
Geography
- Japan24.65%
- Canada12.18%
- United Kingdom10.73%
- Switzerland8.08%
- Germany7.13%
- France6.47%
- Australia5.90%
- Netherlands5.09%
- 19.77%
Developed 98% · Emerging 2%
DFAI Performance
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DFAI$11,815
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | DFAI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.3% |
| 1 month | −3.1% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +18.2% |
| 3 years | +19.6% |
| 5 years | +10.2% |
| 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 | DFAI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.3% | |
| 2025 | +34.0% | |
| 2024 | +4.7% | |
| 2023 | +17.6% | |
| 2022 | −12.9% | |
| 2021 | +13.9% | |
| 2020 | +5.5% |
DFAI in the news
Category Review
Cash-flow quality returned 42% while QUAL returned 17%
DFAI Dividends
- 2.45%
- $1.01
- $0.18 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DFAI Risk
- 11.9%
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.
- 1.20
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.
- −27.4%
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.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFAI Cost
0.18%
DFAI0.18%
- The middle half of International Multifactor funds
- Median 0.35%
2 of the 30 International Multifactor funds charge less.
Other funds in International Multifactor
- AGSWOGoldman Sachs ActiveBeta World Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return —
- AINTFiShares International Equity Factor ETFExpense ratio 0.16%1 year return +20.0%
- ARODMHartford Multifactor Developed Markets (ex-US) ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +20.0%
- AFDEVFidelity International Multifactor ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +14.5%
- BGLOFiShares Global Equity Factor ETFExpense ratio 0.20%1 year return +23.7%