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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 SCHF: how they differ

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

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and Schwab International Equity ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and SCHF 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 DFUSOnly in SCHF
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.97%SK hynix Inc 2.83%
APPLE INC. 5.86%ASML Holding NV 2.12%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.52%HSBC Holdings PLC 1.09%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84%Novartis AG 0.98%
ALPHABET INC. 3.31%AstraZeneca PLC 0.94%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%Royal Bank of Canada 0.91%
ALPHABET INC. 2.74%Nestle SA 0.88%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.01%Shell PLC 0.81%

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 May 31, 2026.

DFUS and SCHF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
SCHF
Schwab International Equity ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerDimensionalSchwab
What it isU.S. Equity MarketInternational Equity
Total return, 1 year+17.5%+25.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 5000.0 pts+8.0 pts
Expense ratio0.09%0.03%
Already in the S&P 50090.2%0.0%
Holdings22311476

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%.

SCHF in plain words

SCHF is an index equity fund tracking the International Equity. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +25.4% 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. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1476 positions, with the top ten at 14.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or SCHF?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and SCHF returned +25.4%, so SCHF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or SCHF?
DFUS charges 0.09% a year and SCHF charges 0.03%, so SCHF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and SCHF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 0% of SCHF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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DFUS against SCHF, 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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