Dimensional World ex. U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
Actively managed developed international stock ETF
As of its 2026 Q2 report, Dimensional World ex. U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF held 10,553 positions with $11.52B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 11.6% of the fund. The DFAX share class costs 0.28% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, DFAX returned 36.2%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q3 it added 342 new positions and exited 436.
The investment objective of the Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF (the World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF or Portfolio) is to achieve long-term capital appreciation while considering federal tax implications of investment decisions.
The fund invests in a broad universe of developed and emerging market equities outside the United States, with systematic overweighting toward smaller-capitalization, lower-priced, and higher-profitability companies relative to their market-cap-weighted representation. The manager also adjusts positions based on shorter-term factors including price momentum and investment characteristics, and employs tax-loss harvesting to minimize realized capital gains. Because the fund's active security selection and trading decisions drive returns rather than adherence to a fixed index, performance will diverge from any benchmark. The fund pursues tax efficiency through loss-offset strategies and prioritizes long-term capital gains treatment.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 4.48% | $516.17M | — | — |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 1.45% | $167.48M | 2.5M | $67.38 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 1.13% | $129.62M | 871.9K | $148.67 |
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 1.01% | $116.71M | — | — |
NVSNovartis AG | 0.67% | $76.60M | — | — |
TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.60% | $68.96M | 741.4K | $93.01 |
SK hynix Inc. | 0.59% | $68.21M | 78.7K | $867.04 |
Fujikura Ltd. | 0.56% | $64.63M | 1.7M | $38.10 |
ASML Holding N.V. | 0.56% | $64.54M | — | — |
RYROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.55% | $63.13M | 351.3K | $179.69 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
The 200 largest of 10,553 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 92.84% |
| Other | 6.79% |
| Cash & short-term | 4.48% |
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
How it has done
DFAX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 16.63%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
Fees & fund details
Dimensional World ex. U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF is an actively managed developed international equity ETF.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- Developed international
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- ETF
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.28%· DFAX 0.28%
- Portfolio turnover
- 5.00% a year · as of 2026 Q1
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
342 new· the largest 8
436 exited· the largest 7
Debt profile
What this fund holds — value-weighted across its bond and securitized long positions · as of 2026-04-30
Based on what filers reported; a filer that never reported a flag also reads as none.
Risk profile
Interest-rate and credit-spread sensitivity, both in years · as of 2026Q2
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