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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 VOOG: how they differ

DFUS and VOOG hold 60% of their weight in the same names.

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VOOG hold 60% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DFUS and VOOG both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDFUSVOOG
NVIDIA CORPORATION6.97%14.29%
APPLE INC.5.86%6.38%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION4.52%9.31%
AMAZON.COM, INC.3.84%3.90%
ALPHABET INC.3.31%6.17%
BROADCOM INC.2.90%5.90%
ALPHABET INC.2.74%4.90%
META PLATFORMS, INC.2.01%3.85%
TESLA, INC.1.78%2.12%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.1.30%2.42%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.1.26%1.43%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY1.13%2.44%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DFUSOnly in VOOG
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 0.97%Welltower Inc 0.40%
WALMART INC. 0.87%Carnival Corp Ltd 0.10%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.68%Simon Property Group Inc 0.08%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 0.68%Ventas Inc 0.06%
CHEVRON CORPORATION 0.55%ABIOMED Inc 0.00%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.54%
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 0.51%
THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 0.49%

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 VOOG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
VOOG
Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerDimensionalVanguard
What it isU.S. Equity MarketS&P 500 Growth
Total return, 1 year+17.5%+17.8%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 5000.0 pts+0.3 pts
Expense ratio0.09%0.05%
Already in the S&P 50090.2%100.0%
Holdings2231146

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%.

VOOG in plain words

VOOG is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 146 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VOOG?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and VOOG returned +17.8%, so VOOG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or VOOG?
DFUS charges 0.09% a year and VOOG charges 0.05%, so VOOG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and VOOG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 100% of VOOG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 60% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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DFUS against VOOG, 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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