- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 555 California St San Francisco CA United States of America 94104
- IPO Date
- Apr 30, 2001
- Business
- Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund (DODFX) is an open-end mutual fund that seeks long-term growth of principal and income through a highly selective, actively managed portfolio of equity securities from medium-to-large, well-established non-U.S. companies in developed and emerging markets deemed temporarily undervalued relative to their fundamentals. The fund targets diversified holdings across 89 companies in 21 countries, with key sectors including financials (26.6%), health care (14.2%), consumer discretionary (10.6%), industrials (10.2%), and information technology (8.8%); top positions as of September 30, 2025, feature Banco Santander SA (Spain, 3.8%), BNP Paribas SA (France, 3.1%), Johnson Controls International PLC (3.0%), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Taiwan, 3.0%), and GSK PLC (UK, 2.8%). It offers Class I shares (ticker: DODFX, net expense ratio 0.62%, CUSIP 256206103, minimum initial investment $2,500) open to all investors and Class X shares (ticker: DOXFX, net expense ratio 0.52%, CUSIP 256206707, launched May 2, 2022, for eligible defined contribution plans only), with annual distributions of dividends and capital gains, low portfolio turnover of 6% (year-to-date through June 30, 2025), and a 30-day SEC yield of approximately 1.85-1.95%. Geographic focus emphasizes developed Europe ex-UK (37.6%), emerging markets (23.6%), the United Kingdom (15.2%), Japan (5.6%), and other developed markets (16.0%), with total net assets of $60.1 billion. The fund, with an inception date of May 1, 2001, is managed by Dodge & Cox's International Equity Investment Committee—whose members have an average tenure of 23 years—from headquarters in San Francisco, California, at the firm founded in 1930. In September 2025, Dodge & Cox announced forward share splits for Class I and Class X shares of the International Stock Fund (effective for shareholders of record October 24, 2025, with split-adjusted NAVs from October 27, 2025), alongside similar splits for the Balanced and Stock Funds, to increase shares outstanding and reduce NAV per share without altering shareholder value or triggering taxes.