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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and SDY returned +11.0%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or SDY?

DFUS charges 0.09% a year and SDY charges 0.35%, so DFUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFUS and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 85% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 13% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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

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DFUS vs SDY: how they differ

DFUS and SDY hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned more over the year.

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Dividend ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and SDY hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DFUS and SDY both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	DFUS	SDY
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION	0.97%	0.93%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON	0.83%	1.00%
ABBVIE INC.	0.56%	1.63%
CHEVRON CORPORATION	0.55%	1.28%
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	0.51%	1.26%
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY	0.48%	1.26%
CATERPILLAR INC.	0.63%	0.47%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED	0.38%	1.56%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION	4.52%	0.36%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORAT	0.33%	1.27%
Pepsico, Inc.	0.32%	1.33%
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION	0.31%	0.89%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DFUS	Only in SDY
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.97%	Realty Income Corp 2.14%
APPLE INC. 5.86%	Medtronic PLC 1.30%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84%	Amcor PLC 0.93%
ALPHABET INC. 3.31%	Accenture PLC 0.88%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%	Essex Property Trust Inc 0.87%
ALPHABET INC. 2.74%	RB Global Inc 0.60%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.01%	Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc 0.58%
TESLA, INC. 1.78%	Linde PLC 0.56%

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.

DFUS and SDY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF	SDY State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Dividend ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Dimensional	State Street
What it is	U.S. Equity Market	SPDR S&P Dividend
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+11.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	0.0 pts	−6.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.35%
Already in the S&P 500	90.2%	84.6%
Holdings	2231	155

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%.

SDY in plain words

SDY is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +11.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 85% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 155 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or SDY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and SDY returned +11.0%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or SDY?: DFUS charges 0.09% a year and SDY charges 0.35%, so DFUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 85% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 13% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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