Fund · Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · measured from SEC filings
DFAI holdings
DFAI reports 3,781 holdings and behaves like 389.8 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-07-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 22 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-07-31Read this figure with the following in mind
1.2% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 373.3
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 98.75% at a quoted market price (level 1), 28 issuer countries, 1.19% restricted securities.
What stands out
as of 2026-07-31DFAI's largest investment is ASML Holding NV at 1.42% of net assets. Shell PLC and HSBC Holdings PLC follow; the three together are 3.5%. Ten companies are 9.29% of the fund; the other 3,771 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, DFAI behaves like 389.8 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 9.2 times the median. Across 22 quarterly filings DFAI has held roughly steady since 2021-01-31 (402.1 then, 411.1 now). Between the 2026-01-31 and 2026-04-30 filings 77 positions were added and 157 dropped; 8.5% of the weight moved. Japan is the largest country at 23.11% of the portfolio, across 28 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2021
22Between 2021-01-31 and 2026-04-30, DFAI went from behaving like 402.1 equally weighted positions to 411.1 — 2% more, while its top ten went from 9.02% to 8.97% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 3,834 | 411.1 | 8.97% | 1.43% |
| 2026-01-31 | 3,928 | 409.5 | 9.11% | 1.51% |
| 2025-10-31 | 3,931 | 422 | 8.83% | 1.22% |
| 2025-07-31 | 3,873 | 426 | 8.74% | 1.04% |
| 2025-04-30 | 3,837 | 411.7 | 9.12% | 1.13% |
| 2025-01-31 | 3,852 | 389.2 | 9.87% | 1.1% |
| 2024-10-31 | 3,871 | 388.1 | 10.03% | 1.46% |
| 2024-07-31 | 3,730 | 359.7 | 11.04% | 1.66% |
Earlier filings (14 more, back to 2021-01-31)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | 3,710 | 351.5 | 11.46% | 1.69% |
| 2024-01-31 | 3,649 | 363.2 | 11.22% | 1.49% |
| 2023-10-31 | 3,586 | 362.8 | 11.22% | 1.5% |
| 2023-07-31 | 3,613 | 390.2 | 10.41% | 1.47% |
| 2023-04-30 | 3,574 | 378 | 10.78% | 1.58% |
| 2023-01-31 | 3,492 | 391.5 | 10.1% | 1.47% |
| 2022-10-31 | 3,325 | 360.8 | 10.56% | 1.58% |
| 2022-07-31 | 3,258 | 365.5 | 10.11% | 1.64% |
| 2022-04-30 | 3,149 | 357.9 | 10% | 1.73% |
| 2022-01-31 | 3,140 | 387.5 | 9.53% | 1.58% |
| 2021-10-31 | 3,110 | 412.5 | 9.49% | 1.59% |
| 2021-07-31 | 3,007 | 396.8 | 9.64% | 1.55% |
| 2021-04-30 | 2,957 | 415.5 | 8.85% | 1.5% |
| 2021-01-31 | 2,643 | 402.1 | 9.02% | 1.53% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
As filed, collateral included
1.17% collateralDFAI's filing lists 3,783 positions including 1.17% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 373.3 effective holdings with a top ten of 9.79%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 389.8 with a top ten of 9.29%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-04-30The 15 largest of 3,781 positions in DFAI's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: listed with the point-in-time files, available on request.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML Holding N.V. | 1.43% | 1.4% |
| 2 | SHELL PLC | 1.05% | 2.5% |
| 3 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.05% | 3.5% |
| 4 | Roche Holding AG | 0.98% | 4.5% |
| 5 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 0.95% | 5.5% |
| 6 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.92% | 6.4% |
| 7 | Nestle S.A. | 0.91% | 7.3% |
| 8 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 0.67% | 8.0% |
| 9 | TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.65% | 8.6% |
| 10 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION | 0.64% | 9.2% |
| 11 | Novartis AG | 0.64% | 9.9% |
| 12 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.61% | 10.5% |
| 13 | BP P.L.C. | 0.56% | 11.1% |
| 14 | BHP GROUP LIMITED | 0.56% | 11.6% |
| 15 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 0.55% | 12.2% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-04-30Share of DFAI's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Japan | 22.75% |
| Canada | 12.63% |
| United Kingdom | 11.71% |
| Switzerland | 7.87% |
| Germany | 7.53% |
| France | 7.17% |
| Australia | 5.99% |
| Netherlands° | 4.83% |
Returns the fund reported
2020-11 – 2026-04Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of DFAI's own filings, 66 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.28 percentage points over 65 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: DFAI.json · all funds.
Who borrows DFAI's shares
2026-07-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-07-31, $384m was out to 18 borrowers. The largest, STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY, held 19% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY | $73m | 19.0% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $59m | 15.5% |
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC | $46m | 12.1% |
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | $46m | 12.1% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. | $37m | 9.6% |
The filing reports no cash collateral position against this loan. Collateral taken in a form the fund does not hold as a position does not appear in N-PORT, so this is silence rather than absence. What the collateral figure can and cannot show. Every quarter DFAI has filed, with each borrower: DFAI.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-01-31 → 2026-04-303,780 positions became 3,700: 77 added (1.4% of the fund at the later date), 157 dropped (1.7% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 8.5%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of DFAI compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujikura Ltd. | 0.31% | 0.51% | SAP SE | 0.58% | 0.43% |
| BP P.L.C. | 0.39% | 0.56% | NOVO NORDISK A/S | 0.59% | 0.44% |
| Siemens Energy AG | 0.32% | 0.47% | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 0.34% | 0.24% |
| SHELL PLC | 0.91% | 1.05% | SHOPIFY INC. | 0.39% | 0.30% |
| TOTALENERGIES SE | 0.52% | 0.65% | LVMH MOET HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON SE | 0.57% | 0.49% |
| THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.48% | 0.61% | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 0.35% | 0.27% |
New: Roche Holding AG (0.98%), RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC (0.18%), SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. (0.16%), COEUR MINING, INC. (0.03%), Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (0.01%), OVINTIV INC. (0.01%). Gone: Roche Holding AG (1.10%), RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC (0.24%), ASHTEAD GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (0.14%), NEW GOLD INC. (0.03%), ROYAL GOLD, INC. (0.02%), NUVISTA ENERGY LTD. (0.01%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-07-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 94.84% |
| unknown unknown | 4.00% |
| short-term investment STIV | 1.16% |
98.8% of DFAI is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-04-30A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $15.87B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
5 option positions filed, 0 of them written. The book as filed:
| Type | Side | Strike | Expiry | Underlying |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call | Purchased | 0 | 2040-03-31 | as filed, not named |
| Call | Purchased | 0 | 2030-08-02 | as filed, not named |
| Call | Purchased | 99.5 | 2028-12-06 | as filed, not named |
| Call | Purchased | 177.37 | 2028-12-06 | as filed, not named |
| Call | Purchased | 234.85 | 2028-12-06 | as filed, not named |
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of DFAI (389.8). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 655 | 356.1 | 7.46% | 2026-06-30 |
| BBMC JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF | 463 | 358.2 | 6.66% | 2026-07-31 |
| DFSI Dimensional International Sustainability Core 1 ETF | 2,809 | 361.8 | 9.77% | 2026-07-31 |
| FSMD Fidelity Small-Mid Multifactor ETF | 588 | 371.9 | 8.16% | 2026-07-31 |
| JHSC John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF | 490 | 377.9 | 5.38% | 2026-06-30 |
| AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF | 1,758 | 392.8 | 8.14% | 2026-05-31 |
| IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF | 723 | 399.8 | 5.94% | 2026-06-30 |
| DFAT Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF | 1,206 | 403.1 | 6.79% | 2026-07-31 |
| IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF | 1,136 | 409.7 | 6.06% | 2026-06-30 |
| SLY SPDR(R) S & P 600 Small Cap ETF | 602 | 416 | 5.55% | 2023-03-31 |
Essays that examine DFAI
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