Dimensional - Global Real Estate ETF
$27.57−0.24 (−0.88%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.22%
- Fund size
- $3.8B
- 1Y return
- +6.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.86%
- Holdings
- 466
- Volume · 30D
- 0.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $27.81
- 52W range
The ETF.net DFGR Grade
Score 76 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 82Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 61Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 92Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 63Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 68Category rank
Our read on DFGR
AGlobal landlords in one ticker. Dimensional spreads across roughly 500 US and non-US real estate companies and REITs, and charges a fraction of what the typical active equity fund costs.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing broadly in U.S. and non-U.S. companies principally engaged in real estate, including REITs and REIT-like entities.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.22% a year, about a third of the median expense ratio in its active equity peer group.
- Roughly 500 holdings across US and non-US property markets, so no single landlord or city skyline carries the portfolio.
- Launched in 2022 and already a multi-billion-dollar fund, and it stands among the strongest implementations in a crowded active equity group.
- Pays on a quarterly cadence, the usual rhythm for rent-driven REIT income.
Worth knowing
- This is one sector doing one job. Real estate marches to property and interest-rate cycles, not the broad market.
- The non-US half brings currency movement along for the ride.
- Trading is moderate rather than heavy, so spreads can widen in fast markets.
DFGR Holdings
- Other
- 466
- 42%
- WELL
Sectors
- Real Estate99.8%
- Financials0.2%
- Cons. Staples0.0%
Geography
- United States74.68%
- Australia5.73%
- Japan4.89%
- United Kingdom3.63%
- Singapore2.71%
- France1.75%
- Canada1.06%
- Belgium0.91%
- 4.63%
Developed 89% · Emerging 11%
DFGR 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 | DFGR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +6.2% |
| 1 month | −5.6% |
| 3 months | −3.4% |
| 1 year | +6.0% |
| 3 years | +10.4% |
| 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 | DFGR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +6.2% | |
| 2025 | +7.7% | |
| 2024 | +1.9% | |
| 2023 | +9.6% | |
| 2022 | −1.2% |
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DFGR Dividends
- 3.86%
- $1.07
- $0.13 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.63 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $0.52 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Sep 19, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | $0.18 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | $0.05 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.34 |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Sep 22, 2023 | $0.20 |
DFGR Risk
- 16.0%
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.
- 0.39
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.
- −21.3%
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.
- 0.88
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFGR Cost
- The middle half of Global & International Real Estate funds
- Median 0.50%
3 of the 17 Global & International Real Estate funds charge less.