Which returned more over the last year, BSV or DFUS?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and DFUS returned +17.5%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or DFUS?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and DFUS charges 0.09%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BSV vs DFUS: how they differ

BSV and DFUS hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and DFUS hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BSV	Only in DFUS
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.97%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	APPLE INC. 5.86%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.52%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	ALPHABET INC. 3.31%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	BROADCOM INC. 2.90%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	ALPHABET INC. 2.74%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.01%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

BSV and DFUS on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Dimensional
What it is	Short-Term Bond	U.S. Equity Market
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+17.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Holdings	3185	2231

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

DFUS in plain words

DFUS is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Equity Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2231 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or DFUS?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and DFUS returned +17.5%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or DFUS?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and DFUS charges 0.09%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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