Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
DFUS vs VTI: how they differ
DFUS and VTI hold 90% of their weight in the same names.
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VTI hold 90% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | DFUS | VTI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.97% | 6.37% |
| APPLE INC. | 5.86% | 5.88% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.52% | 3.84% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.84% | 3.19% |
| ALPHABET INC. | 3.31% | 2.90% |
| BROADCOM INC. | 2.90% | 2.48% |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2.74% | 2.29% |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | 2.01% | 1.71% |
| TESLA, INC. | 1.78% | 1.64% |
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.30% | 1.25% |
| ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.13% | 1.41% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.26% | 1.12% |
| Only in DFUS | Only in VTI |
|---|---|
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION 0.21% | Welltower Inc 0.22% |
| NXP Semiconductors N.V. 0.11% | Prologis Inc 0.17% |
| SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.10% | Equinix Inc 0.14% |
| COUPANG, INC. 0.05% | Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.14% |
| Carnival Corporation 0.04% | American Tower Corp 0.11% |
| COTERRA ENERGY INC. 0.04% | Honeywell International Inc 0.10% |
| DUPONT DE NEMOURS, INC. 0.03% | Honeywell Aerospace Inc 0.10% |
| AMCOR PLC 0.03% | Simon Property Group Inc 0.10% |
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 Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF | VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Dimensional | Vanguard |
| What it is | U.S. Equity Market | US total market |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.5% | +17.2% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | 0.0 pts | −0.3 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.09% | 0.03% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 90.2% | 88.3% |
| Holdings | 2231 | 3531 |
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%.
VTI in plain words
VTI is an index equity fund tracking the US total market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.2% 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 Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3531 positions, with the top ten at 32.1%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VTI?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and VTI returned +17.2%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, DFUS or VTI?
- DFUS charges 0.09% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do DFUS and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 90% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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