Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
DFUS vs VDC: how they differ
DFUS and VDC hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned more over the year.
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VDC hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | DFUS | VDC |
|---|---|---|
| WALMART INC. | 0.87% | 14.76% |
| COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION | 0.68% | 12.04% |
| THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.51% | 9.27% |
| THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 0.48% | 8.72% |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | 0.39% | 4.66% |
| Pepsico, Inc. | 0.32% | 4.30% |
| Altria Group, Inc. | 0.18% | 3.91% |
| Mondelez International, Inc. | 0.12% | 2.69% |
| COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY | 0.10% | 2.37% |
| TARGET CORPORATION | 0.09% | 2.03% |
| MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION | 0.09% | 2.24% |
| THE KROGER CO. | 0.06% | 1.39% |
| Only in DFUS | Only in VDC |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.97% | Primo Brands Corp 0.41% |
| APPLE INC. 5.86% | Celsius Holdings Inc 0.29% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.52% | Flowers Foods Inc 0.18% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84% | Simply Good Foods Co/The 0.13% |
| ALPHABET INC. 3.31% | Coty Inc 0.11% |
| BROADCOM INC. 2.90% | Edgewell Personal Care Co 0.10% |
| ALPHABET INC. 2.74% | Utz Brands Inc 0.07% |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.01% | Vital Farms Inc 0.05% |
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 Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF | VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Dimensional | Vanguard |
| What it is | U.S. Equity Market | Consumer Staples |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.5% | +4.6% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | 0.0 pts | −12.9 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 90.2% | 86.6% |
| Holdings | 2231 | 103 |
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%.
VDC in plain words
VDC is an index equity fund tracking the Consumer Staples. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 65.0%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VDC?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and VDC returned +4.6%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, DFUS or VDC?
- DFUS charges 0.09% a year and VDC charges 0.09%, so DFUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do DFUS and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 87% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 5% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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