Dimensional World Equity ETF
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- Description
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Fundamentals
Valuation
Rating
DFAW is an actively managed fund of funds that invests in a broad portfolio of stocks across all market capitalizations globally. |
Category | Global Equities |
Fund Sponsor | Dimensional |
Website | www.dimensional.com/us-en/funds/dfaw/world-equity-etf |
Inception date | Sep 26, 2023 |
Assets (mns) | $911 |
Currency | USD |
Expense ratio | 25 bp |
Distributions |
Regulation | Open-Ended Fund |
Custodian | |
Weighting | |
Index replication | |
Uses derivatives | No |
Options available | Yes |
No. of constituents | 6 |
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns) | $0 |
Large cap (>$10bn) | 75.3% |
Mid cap ($2-10bn) | 17.8% |
Small cap (<$2bn) | 6.4% |
Developed mkts | 92.4% |
Emerging mkts | 7.4% |
DFA US CORE EQUITY 2 ETF | 53.0 % |
DFA INTL CORE EQTY 2 ETF | 19.1 % |
DFA US CORE EQUITY 1 ETF | 17.7 % |
DFA EM CORE EQUITY 2 ETF | 8.2 % |
DFA GBL REAL ESTATE ETF | 1.8 % |
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | 0.1 % | Total | 100.0 % |
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UNITED STATES | 69.5 % |
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JAPAN | 4.1 % |
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BRITAIN | 2.6 % |
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CANADA | 2.1 % |
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CHINA | 2.0 % |
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GERMANY | 1.6 % |
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TAIWAN | 1.5 % |
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SWITZERLAND | 1.5 % |
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FRANCE | 1.3 % |
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AUSTRALIA | 1.2 % |
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE 

Custom date range | Compare to | ||
thru |
Year-to-date | 1 year | 5 years | 10 years | Since Incep. |
16.3% | 15.1% | -- | -- | 22.3% |
versus... | Beta | R-squared |
S&P500 | 0.90 | 88% |
MSCI EAFE | 0.36 | 16% |
MSCI Emg. Mkts. | 0.04 | 0% |
Recent close | $71.20 |
30d moving avg. | $71.29 |
Annualized volatility | 11.2% |
Short interest (ETF) | 0.5% |
Relative strength (RSI) | 50 |
Avg. volume (thou.) | 49 |
Turnover | 0.4% |
Bid/Ask (% of price) | 0.13% |
ADV underlying (mns) | $225,837 |
FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS
Below is a list of 2 potential alternatives to the Dimensional World Equity ETF ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with DFAW. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.
Benchmark ticker: | DFAW | Expense: | 25 bp | ALTAR Score™: | 6.1% |
Ticker | Fund Name |
Overlap1 vs DFAW (%) |
Expense ratio (bp) |
Savings vs DFAW (bp) |
ALTAR Score™ (%) |
ALTAR vs DFAW (%) |
EBI | Longview Advantage ETF | 5.3 | 35 | -10 | 6.6 | +0.5 |
FFOX | FundX Future Fund Opportunities ETF | 0.0 | 100 | -75 | 4.3 | -1.8 |
1Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.
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RESULTS & ESTIMATES
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OTHER FUNDAMENTAL METRICS
Long term EPS growth est. | **% | Debt-to-equity | **x | |
Asset turnover | **% | Assets-to-equity | **x |
*Six months ago = 100 |
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VALUATION METRICS
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Price-to-earnings | ** | ** | ** |
Price-to-cash flow | ** | ** | ** |
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Price-to-book value | ** | ** | ** |
Yield | ** | ** | ** |
Historical valuation trends
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Dimensional World Equity ETF | |||
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S&P500 | MSCI EAFE | MSCI Emg. Mkts. | Other ETF: |
OVERWEIGHT |
Above average appreciation potential. A rating of OVERWEIGHT is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the 4th quintile (ranking higher than 60%-80%) of their category. Typically, funds in this category consist of stocks trading at attractive valuations and/or having above-average fundamentals. |
ALTAR Score™
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MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY
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