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

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DFUS vs HDV: how they differ

DFUS and HDV hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and HDV returned more over the year.

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and iShares Core High Dividend ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and HDV hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DFUS and HDV both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDFUSHDV
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION0.97%8.45%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON0.83%5.70%
ABBVIE INC.0.56%5.45%
CHEVRON CORPORATION0.55%6.45%
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY0.51%4.47%
THE HOME DEPOT, INC.0.49%4.08%
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY0.48%3.88%
MERCK & CO., INC.0.41%3.78%
Philip Morris International Inc.0.39%4.18%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED0.38%3.55%
Pepsico, Inc.0.32%3.67%
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED0.29%2.38%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DFUSOnly in HDV
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.97%ACCENTURE PLC 1.65%
APPLE INC. 5.86%MEDTRONIC PLC 1.55%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.52%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84%
ALPHABET INC. 3.31%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%
ALPHABET INC. 2.74%
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.

DFUS and HDV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
HDV
iShares Core High Dividend ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerDimensionaliShares
What it isU.S. Equity MarketCore High Dividend
Total return, 1 year+17.5%+22.5%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 5000.0 pts+5.0 pts
Expense ratio0.09%0.08%
Already in the S&P 50090.2%98.0%
Holdings223175

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%.

HDV in plain words

HDV is an index equity fund tracking the Core High Dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 75 positions, with the top ten at 50.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or HDV?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and HDV returned +22.5%, so HDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or HDV?
DFUS charges 0.09% a year and HDV charges 0.08%, so HDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and HDV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 98% of HDV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 10% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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DFUS against HDV, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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