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DFIS holdings
DFIS reports 3,513 holdings and behaves like 951.3 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 17 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-07-31Read this figure with the following in mind
4.2% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 355.2
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: 95.85% at a quoted market price (level 1), 33 issuer countries, 4.02% restricted securities.
What stands out
as of 2026-07-31DFIS's largest investment is BE Semiconductor Industries NV at 0.44% of net assets. VAT Group AG and Shibaura Mechatronics Corp follow; the three together are 1.27%. Ten companies are 3.6% of the fund; the other 3,503 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, DFIS behaves like 951.3 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 22.4 times the median. Across 17 quarterly filings DFIS has held roughly steady since 2022-04-30 (1051.1 then, 887.8 now). Between the 2026-01-31 and 2026-04-30 filings 100 positions were added and 92 dropped; 11.1% of the weight moved. Japan is the largest country at 23.02% of the portfolio, across 33 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 2022
17Between 2022-04-30 and 2026-04-30, DFIS went from behaving like 1051.1 equally weighted positions to 887.8 — 16% fewer, while its top ten went from 2.86% to 3.89% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 3,527 | 887.8 | 3.89% | 0.44% |
| 2026-01-31 | 3,518 | 879.6 | 4.03% | 0.53% |
| 2025-10-31 | 3,528 | 942.3 | 3.48% | 0.43% |
| 2025-07-31 | 3,454 | 984.5 | 3.38% | 0.42% |
| 2025-04-30 | 3,429 | 987.8 | 3.74% | 0.51% |
| 2025-01-31 | 3,424 | 977.4 | 3.51% | 0.46% |
| 2024-10-31 | 3,422 | 943 | 3.65% | 0.46% |
| 2024-07-31 | 3,398 | 985.2 | 3.32% | 0.42% |
Earlier filings (9 more, back to 2022-04-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | 3,433 | 992.4 | 3.19% | 0.41% |
| 2024-01-31 | 3,365 | 1038.8 | 3.33% | 0.41% |
| 2023-10-31 | 3,320 | 1032.8 | 3.31% | 0.42% |
| 2023-07-31 | 3,367 | 1034.9 | 3.18% | 0.37% |
| 2023-04-30 | 3,337 | 1015.8 | 3.22% | 0.36% |
| 2023-01-31 | 3,217 | 989.2 | 3.25% | 0.38% |
| 2022-10-31 | 3,130 | 992.8 | 2.94% | 0.35% |
| 2022-07-31 | 3,095 | 1001.6 | 2.68% | 0.31% |
| 2022-04-30 | 2,910 | 1051.1 | 2.86% | 0.36% |
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
4.24% collateralDFIS's filing lists 3,515 positions including 4.24% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 355.2 effective holdings with a top ten of 7.48%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 951.3 with a top ten of 3.6%. 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 3,513 positions in DFIS'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 | BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. | 0.44% | 0.4% |
| 2 | VAT Group AG | 0.42% | 0.9% |
| 3 | SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION | 0.41% | 1.3% |
| 4 | FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. | 0.41% | 1.7% |
| 5 | BAWAG Group AG | 0.39% | 2.1% |
| 6 | Hudbay Minerals Inc. | 0.38% | 2.5% |
| 7 | TELECOM ITALIA SPA | 0.38% | 2.8% |
| 8 | Mercari, Inc. | 0.37% | 3.2% |
| 9 | Swiss Prime Site AG | 0.35% | 3.6% |
| 10 | Aritzia Inc. | 0.35% | 3.9% |
| 11 | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.34% | 4.2% |
| 12 | CARREFOUR SA | 0.33% | 4.6% |
| 13 | WHITECAP RESOURCES INC. | 0.33% | 4.9% |
| 14 | REXEL SA | 0.32% | 5.2% |
| 15 | DPM Metals Inc. | 0.31% | 5.5% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-04-30Share of DFIS'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 | 22.96% |
| Canada | 14.25% |
| United Kingdom | 9.85% |
| Switzerland | 7.00% |
| Germany | 6.52% |
| Australia | 6.11% |
| France | 5.18% |
| Italy | 3.68% |
Returns the fund reported
2022-02 – 2026-04Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of DFIS's own filings, 51 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: DFIS.json · all funds.
Who borrows DFIS'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, $478m was out to 25 borrowers. The largest, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, held 12.8% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | $61m | 12.8% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $58m | 12.2% |
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES PLC | $57m | 12.0% |
| STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY | $55m | 11.5% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. | $48m | 10.1% |
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 DFIS has filed, with each borrower: DFIS.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-01-31 → 2026-04-303,457 positions became 3,465: 100 added (1.3% of the fund at the later date), 92 dropped (1.2% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 11.1%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of DFIS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMCD N.V. | 0.10% | 0.30% | IAMGOLD CORPORATION | 0.38% | 0.11% |
| COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. | 0.13% | 0.28% | Helvetia Baloise Holding AG | 0.53% | 0.34% |
| Logitech international S.A. | 0.02% | 0.14% | ALSTOM SA | 0.36% | 0.21% |
| BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. | 0.32% | 0.44% | FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. | 0.35% | 0.21% |
| Fresenius Medical Care AG | 0.01% | 0.12% | Eldorado Gold Corporation | 0.35% | 0.25% |
| UMICORE SA | 0.07% | 0.18% | BELLWAY P L C | 0.22% | 0.13% |
New: COEUR MINING, INC. (0.18%), iA Financial Corporation Inc. (0.16%), B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL PLC (0.09%), KERRY GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (0.07%), Stantec Inc. (0.07%), WORLEY LIMITED (0.06%). Gone: NEW GOLD INC. (0.34%), NUVISTA ENERGY LTD. (0.11%), JUST GROUP PLC (0.11%), NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD. (0.10%), HINO MOTORS, LTD. (0.06%), RAKSUL INC. (0.06%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-07-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 95.25% |
| short-term investment STIV | 4.08% |
| unknown unknown | 0.66% |
95.8% of DFIS is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1); 0.0% at level 3, priced from the filer's own inputs. 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 $5.62B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
4 option positions filed, 0 of them written. The book as filed:
| Type | Side | Strike | Expiry | Underlying |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call | Purchased | 0.342 | 2026-09-30 | as filed, not named |
| Call | Purchased | 4.44 | 2026-09-30 | as filed, not named |
| Call | Purchased | 4.012 | 2026-08-31 | as filed, not named |
| Call | Purchased | 0.1 | 2026-12-14 | 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 DFIS (951.3). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRFZ Invesco RAFI US 1500 Small-Mid ETF | 1,500 | 718.3 | 3.81% | 2026-07-31 |
| RSSL Global X Russell 2000 ETF | 1,961 | 836.2 | 3.31% | 2026-07-31 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 2,016 | 840.2 | 3.42% | 2026-06-30 |
| DFAS Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF | 2,055 | 896.9 | 2.54% | 2026-07-31 |
| WSML iShares MSCI World Small-Cap ETF | 3,520 | 929.3 | 4.51% | 2026-05-31 |
| FNDC Schwab Fundamental International Small Equity ETF | 1,582 | 971 | 3.66% | 2026-05-31 |
| SCZ iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF | 2,073 | 1093 | 2.7% | 2026-07-31 |
| GWX State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) International Small Cap ETF | 2,045 | 1099.2 | 3% | 2026-06-30 |
| EWX State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF | 3,358 | 1201 | 4.67% | 2026-06-30 |
| VSS Vanguard FTSE All-World Ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund | 4,861 | 1638.8 | 2.57% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine DFIS
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