Dimensional - International Core Fixed Income ETF
$51.48+0.06 (+0.12%)
- 0.21%
- $1.9B
- −0.8%
- 4.57%
- 0.2M sh
- $51.31
- low $51.01high $54.73
The ETF.net DFGX Grade
A
Score 74 out of 100
- 4 of 29
Score 74 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.A93 out of 100Rank 3 of 29Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A82 out of 100Rank 15 of 27Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D34 out of 100Rank 21 of 29Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B69 out of 100Rank 6 of 29Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A79 out of 100Rank 6 of 29Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B57 out of 100Rank 15 of 29
Our read on DFGX
ADimensional's answer to the boring, load-bearing part of a portfolio: roughly 700 bonds from outside the US, priced well under the typical core bond ETF. A late-2023 launch that already runs in the billions.
The fund seeks to maximize total returns through income and capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.21% a year against a 0.36% median for the core bond crowd. On a bond sleeve, where returns are measured in basis points, that gap does real work.
- About 700 holdings, all in non-US fixed income, so no single issuer or country steers the whole thing.
- Stays inside its stated lane: total return from income and capital appreciation, in bonds outside the US. What the prospectus describes is what the portfolio holds.
- Lands in the upper half of a very crowded core bond field, and the data behind that read is rated high confidence.
Worth knowing
- Index rivals go cheaper: BND and SPAB at 0.03%, and BNDX covers international bonds for 0.07%. The extra cost here buys Dimensional's own portfolio construction.
- Launched in November 2023, so the track record is short by bond fund standards.
- Trades moderately rather than heavily, and cash goes out annually or semiannually, not monthly.
DFGX Holdings
- Bonds
- 849
- 14%
- Japan Gov 2.5% 06/20/36
Geography
- Japan32.41%
- Canada28.10%
- France13.64%
- Australia7.25%
- United Kingdom5.47%
- New Zealand5.13%
- Belgium3.96%
- Germany2.99%
- 1.05%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
DFGX Performance
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DFGX$9,918
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 | DFGX |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.7% |
| 1 month | +0.2% |
| 3 months | −1.8% |
| 1 year | −0.8% |
| 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 | DFGX |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.7% | |
| 2025 | +3.5% | |
| 2024 | +3.7% | |
| 2023 | +5.0% |
DFGX in the news
DFGX Dividends
- 4.57%
- $2.35
- $0.19 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
DFGX Risk
- 4.1%
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.
- −0.26
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.
- −3.4%
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.
- 0.20
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFGX Cost
0.21%
DFGX0.21%
- The middle half of Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds
- Median 0.45%
2 of the 28 Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds charge less.
Other funds in Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged)
- AGRNBVanEck Green Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.20%1 year return −0.3%
- ABNDWVanguard Total World Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.05%1 year return −1.4%
- AFBNDFidelity Total Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.36%1 year return −1.9%
- ADFSBDimensional - Global Sustainability Fixed Income ETFExpense ratio 0.24%1 year return −0.6%
- AEVTREaton Vance Total Return Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.32%1 year return −1.6%