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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and VTIP returned +1.7%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or VTIP?

DFUS charges 0.09% a year and VTIP charges 0.03%, so VTIP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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DFUS vs VTIP: how they differ

DFUS and VTIP hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned more over the year.

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VTIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DFUS	Only in VTIP
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.97%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.44%
APPLE INC. 5.86%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.38%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.52%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.36%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.19%
ALPHABET INC. 3.31%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.02%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 4.88%
ALPHABET INC. 2.74%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 4.87%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.01%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 4.79%

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 VTIP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF	VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Dimensional	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Equity Market	Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+1.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	0.0 pts	−15.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.03%
Holdings	2231	25

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%.

VTIP in plain words

VTIP is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% 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.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VTIP?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and VTIP returned +1.7%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or VTIP?: DFUS charges 0.09% a year and VTIP charges 0.03%, so VTIP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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