Dimensional - International Value ETF
$56.69−0.68 (−1.18%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.27%
- Fund size
- $22.1B
- 1Y return
- +27.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.58%
- Holdings
- 557
- Volume · 30D
- 1.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $57.09
- 52W range
The ETF.net DFIV 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 71Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 90Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 66Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 84Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 69Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 79Category rank
Our read on DFIV
AA 1999-vintage Dimensional tax-managed strategy that swapped its mutual fund wrapper for an ETF in 2021. It buys cheap large-cap stocks across developed markets outside the US, with tax minimization written into the objective itself.
The ETF seeks long-term capital appreciation while minimizing federal income taxes on returns.
Why people hold it
- Tax awareness sits in the mandate, not the marketing: the stated objective is long-term capital appreciation while minimizing federal income taxes on returns.sec.gov
- At 0.27% a year it undercuts the typical international value fund, so an active, judgment-driven portfolio comes at index-adjacent pricing.
- Broad by design: roughly 600 large developed ex-US names screened on low price relative to book, with room to tilt toward smaller and more profitable companies.sec.gov
- Priced below EFV, the other heavyweight in developed-markets value, and one of the strongest implementations in this peer group.
Worth knowing
- Value only, developed only: no US stocks, no emerging markets. Stretches where it looks nothing like a broad international index can run for years.sec.gov
- Actively managed with no published index to check it against. Dimensional decides what counts as a cheap stock and when to trade it.sec.gov
- The 1999 start date belongs to the Tax-Managed DFA International Value mutual fund, which became this ETF in a 2021 reorganization.sec.gov
DFIV Holdings
- Stocks
- 557
- 16%
- SHEL
Sectors
- Financials35.2%
- Energy15.6%
- Materials11.3%
- Consumer Discr.9.6%
- Industrials8.2%
- Health Care5.1%
- Cons. Staples4.8%
- Communication4.0%
- Technology2.4%
- Utilities2.1%
- Real Estate1.6%
Geography
- Japan22.36%
- United Kingdom12.85%
- Canada11.60%
- Germany8.48%
- France8.44%
- Switzerland7.85%
- Australia5.22%
- Netherlands4.09%
- 19.13%
Developed 99% · Emerging 1%
DFIV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DFIV$12,746
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 | DFIV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.9% |
| 1 month | −1.6% |
| 3 months | +4.8% |
| 1 year | +27.5% |
| 3 years | +24.1% |
| 5 years | +16.1% |
| 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 | DFIV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.9% | |
| 2025 | +45.3% | |
| 2024 | +7.3% | |
| 2023 | +17.7% | |
| 2022 | −3.7% | |
| 2021 | +0.1% |
DFIV in the news
DFIV Dividends
- 2.58%
- $1.48
- $0.80 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.80 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.37 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.74 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $0.35 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Sep 19, 2024 | $0.24 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | $0.71 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | $0.09 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.33 |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Sep 22, 2023 | $0.29 |
DFIV Risk
- 11.7%
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.
- 1.57
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.
- −25.4%
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.
- 0.80
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFIV Cost
0.27%
DFIV0.27%
- The middle half of International Value Index funds
- Median 0.31%
3 of the 12 International Value Index funds charge less.