Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
DFUS vs VGT: how they differ
DFUS and VGT hold 33% of their weight in the same names, and VGT returned more over the year.
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VGT hold 33% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | DFUS | VGT |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.97% | 16.85% |
| APPLE INC. | 5.86% | 14.59% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.52% | 9.47% |
| BROADCOM INC. | 2.90% | 4.21% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0.89% | 4.21% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 0.86% | 3.21% |
| INTEL CORPORATION | 0.68% | 2.03% |
| CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 0.54% | 1.85% |
| LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 0.49% | 1.56% |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 0.47% | 1.35% |
| APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 0.47% | 1.40% |
| ORACLE CORPORATION | 0.41% | 1.46% |
| Only in DFUS | Only in VGT |
|---|---|
| AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84% | Strategy Inc 0.18% |
| ALPHABET INC. 3.31% | Applied Digital Corp 0.12% |
| ALPHABET INC. 2.74% | JFrog Ltd 0.11% |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.01% | Terawulf Inc 0.10% |
| TESLA, INC. 1.78% | Core Scientific Inc 0.10% |
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.30% | D-Wave Quantum Inc 0.10% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.26% | Clearwater Analytics Holdings Inc 0.08% |
| ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.13% | Rigetti Computing Inc 0.08% |
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 | VGT Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Dimensional | Vanguard |
| What it is | U.S. Equity Market | Information technology |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.5% | +35.4% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | 0.0 pts | +17.9 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 90.2% | 86.9% |
| Holdings | 2231 | 317 |
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%.
VGT in plain words
VGT is an index equity fund tracking the Information technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.4% 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 317 positions, with the top ten at 59.5%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VGT?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and VGT returned +35.4%, so VGT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, DFUS or VGT?
- DFUS charges 0.09% a year and VGT charges 0.09%, so DFUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do DFUS and VGT overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 87% of VGT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 33% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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