DFGX vs EVTR: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Dimensional International Core Fixed Income ETF

DFGXANasdaq

Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF

EVTRANYSE

Overlap

0.0%by weight

Expense ratio

DFGX −0.12pt a year

DFGX0.20%EVTR0.32%

Avg volume · 30D

EVTR 3.5×the volume

DFGX218KEVTR761K

DFGX vs EVTR Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Nov 2, 2026

−0.4%DFGX+0.1%EVTR

Expense ratio: DFGX 0.20%, better; EVTR 0.32%
Fund size: DFGX $1.94B; EVTR $6.57B
1Y total return: DFGX −0.4%; EVTR +0.1%, better
Yield (12M): DFGX 4.92%; EVTR 5.05%, better
Holdings: DFGX 811; EVTR 962
Avg volume (30D): DFGX 218K sh; EVTR 761K sh, better
NAV per share: DFGX $51.76; EVTR $49.11
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DFGX, EVTR, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DFGX	EVTR
Cost30% weight	A95Higher	A71
Mission25% weight	A87	A100Higher
Risk15% weight	D33	C40Higher
Tradability15% weight	B62	A91Higher
Holdings10% weight	A78Higher	D29
Durability5% weight	B57	A83Higher

Rank among Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds

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Same Category. DFGX and EVTR are both graded against the same 28 Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged)⁠

Category · 28 funds

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DFGX ranks 4th and EVTR 6th of 28 funds in the Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) Category.

Rank 1ADFGPDimensional Global Core Plus Fixed Income ETFScore 81
Rank 2ABNDWVanguard Total World Bond ETFScore 77
Rank 2AGRNBVanEck Green Bond ETFScore 77
Rank 4ADFGXDimensional International Core Fixed Income ETFScore 75
Rank 4ADFSBDimensional Global Sustainability Fixed Income ETFScore 75
Rank 6AEVTREaton Vance Total Return Bond ETFScore 73
Rank 6AFBNDFidelity Total Bond ETFScore 73

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DFGXADimensional International Core Fixed Income ETF

EVTRAEaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF

In short

DFGX Dimensional's bond sleeve for everything outside the US: roughly 700 mostly developed-market issues at 0.20%, net of a waiver through February 28, 2027. Built to sit beside a US core, not re-buy it.

EVTR Most core bond ETFs just clone the index. EVTR goes active: a core-plus mix of investment grade bonds with room for opportunistic higher-yielding picks, from a strategy whose lineage dates to 1984, priced under its category median.

Stated mandate

DFGX The fund seeks to maximize total returns through income and capital appreciation.

EVTR The Fund seeks above-average total return over a three- to five-year market cycle. It invests primarily in diversified U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade fixed-income securities and may opportunistically invest in lower-rated or unrated securities.

Why people hold it

DFGX Costs 0.20% net of a waiver through February 28, 2027 (0.21% gross), below the category median and under sibling DFGP at 0.22% net of a waiver through the same date.
Ex-US by design: roughly 700 bonds, mostly developed-market governments, agencies and corporates, with maturities inside 20 years from settlement.sec.gov
Run systematically, with exposure to duration, credit quality and currency of issuance adjusted from market prices rather than copied from an index bond for bond.dimensional.com
A billion-dollar-plus fund and one of the stronger implementations in its global bond peer group, paying income quarterly.

EVTR Active management at a below-average price. Its 0.32% fee sits under the median for aggregate bond ETFs (0.36%), which is unusual for a stock-picker's approach to bonds.
Core-plus by design: a diversified base of investment grade bonds, plus opportunistic higher-yielding positions, run by Eaton Vance's broad markets fixed income team.eatonvance.com
The portfolio does what the prospectus says it does, and it stands in the top quartile of its aggregate-bond peer group on our review.
Pays monthly, and it is a multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands regularly enough to keep trading friction modest.

Worth knowing

DFGX Foreign bonds mean two moving parts: local interest rates and exchange rates. The ride can differ from a US core holding.sec.gov
Not a plain index tracker, so results can drift from a global ex-US bond benchmark in either direction.dimensional.com
A 2023 launch and moderate trading volume: a shorter record than long-standing global bond funds, and spreads can widen in fast markets.sec.gov

EVTR The index giants in this category (BND, SPAB, SCHZ) charge 0.03%. That is roughly a tenth of EVTR's fee, so the manager's calls carry the burden of justifying the gap.
No index to grade the work against. Sector and credit decisions drive the outcome, in both directions.eatonvance.com
The plus in core-plus is credit. Opportunistic higher-yielding bonds add default risk that a pure investment grade tracker does not carry, on top of normal rate sensitivity.eatonvance.com

Full DFGX profile⁠

Full EVTR profile⁠

DFGX vs EVTR Holdings

How DFGX and EVTR differ

Overlap by weight

0.0%

Shared holdings make up 0.1% of EVTR and 0.0% of DFGX.

Level by level

Holdings0 in both0.0%
Countryby domicile21.1%

Sector

No Sector split for DFGX and EVTR.

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DFGX and EVTR, widest gap first
Country	More in DFGXMore in EVTR	DFGX	EVTR
United States	EVTR +73.7 points	16.0%	89.7%
Japan	DFGX +19.2 points	19.2%	0.0%
Canada	DFGX +14.8 points	17.4%	2.6%
France	DFGX +8.7 points	8.9%	0.2%
United Kingdom	DFGX +8.5 points	9.2%	0.7%
Netherlands	DFGX +7.4 points	7.5%	0.1%
Australia	DFGX +4.2 points	4.3%	0.1%
New Zealand	DFGX +3.7 points	3.7%	0.0%
Other countries (27)	DFGX +7.0 points	13.7%	6.7%

Outside the US: DFGX 100% developed, 0% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DFGX14.4%
EVTR46.4%

Securities held

DFGX721
EVTR831

Asset class

DFGX: Fixed Income
EVTR: Multi-Asset

Holdings

Only in DFGX721
In both0
Only in EVTR831

Only in DFGX

721 securities, 98.7% of DFGX by weight

Japan Gov 2.5% 06/20/362.21%
Japan Gov 1.% 12/20/351.82%
Japan Gov .4% 09/20/401.71%
Japan Gov 2.4% 03/20/361.70%
Japan Gov 1.7% 09/20/351.49%
Japan Gov .4% 03/20/361.40%
Cdp Finan 3.65% 06/02/351.11%
New Zeala 3.5% 04/14/331.07%
Berkshire 2.375% 06/19/391.00%
Japan Gov 1.2% 09/20/350.97%
Alphabet 3% 05/06/330.95%
Kommuninv 3.25% 11/12/290.90%
Japan Gov .8% 03/20/340.89%
Japan Gov .6% 12/20/330.88%
United 4.5% 03/07/350.85%
Totalener 4.06% 07/01/400.83%
Cppib Cap 4.3% 06/02/340.82%
Sfil SA 3.% 05/23/310.79%
Japan Gov 1.4% 03/20/350.76%
Province 4.15% 06/18/340.74%
Province 3.95% 06/01/350.73%
Japan Gov 1.4% 09/20/340.73%
Novo Nord 3.375% 02/20/350.72%
Japan Gov 1.6% 03/20/440.72%
BlackRock 3.75% 07/18/350.70%
Visa Inc 2.375% 06/15/340.70%
Alphabet 2.822% 05/16/330.70%
Asb Finan .25% 09/08/280.65%
Province 3.8% 12/02/340.64%
New Zeala 2.75% 04/15/370.61%
Cie De Fi 2.375% 03/15/300.59%
European 3.625% 12/12/400.58%
Deutsche 3.875% 09/28/330.58%
Westpac B Vrn 01/14/280.57%
Global Pa 4.875% 03/17/310.56%
New Zeala 4.25% 05/15/340.56%
Comcast C 1.875% 02/20/360.54%
Cppib Cap 4.75% 06/02/330.53%
Orsted As 5.75% 04/09/400.52%
Siemens F 3.375% 02/22/370.49%
Walmart I 5.25% 09/28/350.49%
Japan Gov .6% 12/20/370.49%
Imperial 3.875% 02/12/340.48%
Acciona 5.125% 04/23/310.47%
United Ki .875% 07/31/330.47%
American 3.95% 03/19/320.46%
Visa Inc 3.125% 05/15/330.46%
Amazon.co 3.7% 03/16/350.46%
Province 4.25% 06/02/340.45%
Ntt Fi 3.6780% 07/16/330.45%

Only in EVTR

831 securities, 100% of EVTR by weight

Us 2YR Note 12/31/202613.41%
Tba Umbs Single Family 5%9.06%
United 1.375% 11/314.16%
United 3.875% 05/434.16%
Tba Umbs Single 5.5%3.72%
United States of 4% 11/522.54%
United 4.125% 04/332.47%
United 4.625% 05/442.35%
Msilf Government2.29%
United 0.875% 11/302.20%
United 3.875% 04/301.83%
United States 4.25% 05/351.73%
Tba Umbs Single 4.5%1.44%
United 3.875% 09/291.33%
United States 4.25% 08/351.18%
Umbs Mortpass 5.5% 11/540.94%
United 0.625% 08/300.86%
United 1.125% 02/310.83%
United States 2.25% 08/460.82%
United States 3.25% 05/420.70%
Us Ultra Bond 12/21/20260.69%
Us 10YR Note 12/21/20260.61%
Nykredit 3.5% 10/560.60%
Umbs Mortpass 5.5% 01/550.59%
United 1.875% 02/320.58%
Umbs Mortpass 5.5% 12/540.55%
United 3.875% 08/340.46%
United States Zero 12/260.46%
Umbs Mortpass 6% 10/550.43%
JPMorgan Chase Var 04/320.42%
Umbs Mortpass 5.5% 02/550.42%
Umbs Mortpass 5.5% 09/550.41%
Umbs Mortpass 6% 07/550.39%
United 1.125% 05/400.38%
Fnma Remics Flt 11/540.38%
Brookfield 5.298% 01/360.37%
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate0.37%
United States 1.25% 08/310.37%
United States of 4% 11/350.35%
Ci Financial 7.5% 05/290.35%
American 6% 07/350.35%
Sopaipilla 7.534% 11/480.34%
Fhlmc Remics Flt 10/540.31%
Indn Commercial Flt 10/410.29%
Nykredit 3.5% 04/530.29%
United 3.875% 03/310.28%
Telus Corp Var 06/560.28%
Bank of America Var 02/320.28%
Umbs Mortpass 5% 11/540.28%
Fhlmc Remics Flt 04/540.27%

Weight gaps

DFGX and EVTR share no securities.

All 666 DFGX holdings⁠All 732 EVTR holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

DFGX vs EVTR Cost

Overpaying EVTR vs DFGX

$2,387

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

DFGX 0.20%
$4,155
EVTR 0.32%
$6,542

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DFGX 0.20%
EVTR 0.32%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DFGX	EVTR	Overpaying
10	$365	$580	$215
20	$1,421	$2,250	$829
30	$4,155	$6,542	$2,387

Expense ratio

0.20%DFGX, cheaper
0.32%EVTR

DFGX0.20%EVTR0.32%

0.05%1.15%

Middle half of Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds
Median 0.40%

DFGX 2nd cheapest of 28 funds

EVTR 9th cheapest of 28 funds

DFGX vs EVTR Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026

Yield (12M): DFGX 4.92%; EVTR 5.05%, better
Payout (12M): DFGX $2.55; EVTR $2.48
Last payment: DFGX $0.20; EVTR $0.24
Ex-dividend: DFGX Oct 20, 2026; EVTR Oct 30, 2026
Paid on: DFGX Oct 22, 2026; EVTR Pays Nov 5, 2026
Frequency: DFGX Irregular; EVTR Monthly

Distribution history

Per share, 2023 to 2026, same scale for both

DFGXIrregular · 15 paymentsAll DFGX payments⁠

EVTRMonthly · 32 paymentsAll EVTR payments⁠

DFGX vs EVTR Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DFGX 4.1%since Dec 2023EVTR 4.9%since Apr 2024
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DFGX −0.16since Dec 2023EVTR 0.03since Apr 2024
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DFGX −3.4%since Nov 2023EVTR −4.7%since Mar 2024
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DFGX 0.20EVTR 0.96; Market = 1

DFGX and EVTR in the news

All news⁠

Launch Roundup
Issuers filed 2x ETFs on unlisted stocks and moved to convert $10 billion of munis
Sep 18, 2026EVTR

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DFGX vs EVTR

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How DFGX and EVTR differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DFGX

Only in EVTR

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

Issuers filed 2x ETFs on unlisted stocks and moved to convert $10 billion of munis

How DFGX and EVTR differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DFGX

Only in EVTR

Weight gaps