Dimensional - World Equity ETF
$83.91−0.71 (−0.84%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.24%
- Fund size
- $1.7B
- 1Y return
- +18.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.25%
- Holdings
- 6
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $84.58
- 52W range
The ETF.net DFAW Grade
Score 77 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 98Category 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.AScore 71Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 75Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 31Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 80Category rank
DFAW Holdings
- Stocks
- 6
- 100%
- DFAC
Sectors
- Technology26.0%
- Financials16.0%
- Industrials12.8%
- Consumer Discr.9.9%
- Health Care9.0%
- Communication6.3%
- Energy5.7%
- Materials5.1%
- Cons. Staples4.9%
- Real Estate2.3%
- Utilities2.1%
Geography
- United States100.00%
DFAW 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 | DFAW |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.2% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| 3 months | +2.0% |
| 1 year | +18.8% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | DFAW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.2% | |
| 2025 | +20.2% | |
| 2024 | +15.5% | |
| 2023 | +11.6% |
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DFAW Dividends
- 1.25%
- $1.06
- $0.38 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | $0.28 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.36 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Dec 23, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Sep 19, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.23 |
DFAW Risk
- 12.0%
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.
- 1.35
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.
- −16.9%
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.
- 0.90
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFAW Cost
- The middle half of Global Active Equity funds
- Median 0.69%
2 of the 44 Global Active Equity funds charge less.