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Dimensional - International Core Equity Market ETF DFAI · AMEX

$41.32 -1.14% (-$0.48)

Summary

Dimensional - International Core Equity Market ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Dimensional. Positions inside: 3,778. The ten largest make up 9.7% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.18%
Fund size
$18.2B
Positions
3,778
Dividend yield
2.45%
Running since
2020

What speaks for it

  • Costs of 0.18% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
  • Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 9.7% of the fund.
  • A large fund with $18.2B under management.
  • Easy to buy and sell: about $73.0M changes hands a day.
  • Average yearly growth over the last five years: 6.9%.

What to watch

Nothing here calls for caution.

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

Price

Performance

1 month
-1.7%
3 months
+0.3%
This year
+9.7%
1 year
+14%
3 years
+66%
5 years
+40%
Avg. market cap
$226.2B
P/E
18.9x
Forward P/E
16.9x
P/S
2.5x
P/B
3.1x
P/FCF
12.4x
EV/EBITDA
13.0x
Dividend yield
2.82%
ROIC
17.1%
ROE
25.1%
Gross margin
47.8%
Operating margin
24.5%
Net margin
17.7%
Payout ratio
53.3%
Net debt/EBITDA
0.8x
Beta
0.91

Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 24% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Widely spread
  1. 1
    AS
    ASML ASML 1.9%
  2. 2 SHELL PLC 1.2%
  3. 3
    RO
    Roche Holding AG ROP.SW 1.1%
  4. 4 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.1%
  5. 5
    NE
    Nestlé S.A. NESN.SW 0.9%
  6. 6 ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.8%
  7. 7
    83
    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 8306.T 0.8%
  8. 8
    TT
    TotalEnergies SE TTE.PA 0.7%
  9. 9
    NV
    Novartis NVS 0.7%
  10. 10
    72
    Toyota Motor Corp. 7203.T 0.6%

Positions in the fund: 3,778. The ten largest make up 9.7% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

Spread out

By sector

By country

By company size

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 78% of the fund.

Largest sector: Financials (25%). Largest country: Japan (24%). Largest size group: Large cap (75%).

What does it cost me?

Cheap
A year from $10,000
$18.00
Over 20 years
$895

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $18.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $895.

How has it done?

Growing over the long run
A year on average, 5 years
+6.9%
Deepest drop
-29%
Yearly volatility
15%

Average yearly growth over the last five years: 6.9%. Deepest drop in these years: 29% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

Yes, it pays out
Yield
2.45%
Payments a year
4
Last payment
$0.18

Over the last 12 months it paid $1.01 per share, which is 2.45% of today's price. The last payment was $0.18 on Sep 22, 2026.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

Very easy
Traded a day
$73.0M
Shares a day
1.8M

On an average day about $73.0M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Usual valuation
P/E of the companies inside
18.9
Average Bulios Score
70 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 18.9 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 64% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 24% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

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XU
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IX
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WE
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