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AOR vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to DFUS's +13.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF.

AOR on its own →DFUS on its own →
At a glance
+7.8%
AOR total return, 1 year
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
0.15%
AOR expense ratio
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.0 points.

AOR vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAORDFUS
Return
Total return, 1 year+7.8%+13.8%
Benchmark
What it tracks60/40 Balanced AllocationNo index, actively managed
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.15%0.09%
Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026$3.9bn$20.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund99.9%34.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and DFUS hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR DFUS
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AOR
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%
ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%
ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%
ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%
iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%
ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%
ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%
Only in DFUS
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75%
APPLE INC. 6.45%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77%
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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Dimensional
What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +7.8% +13.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +13.3% (IWV)
Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI +0.5 pts vs IWV
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 89.4%
Holdings 7 2236
Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 $3.9bn $20.9bn

AOR and DFUS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

DFUS

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,236 positions, with the top ten at 34.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or DFUS?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and DFUS +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or DFUS?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and DFUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 89% of DFUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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AOR on its own →DFUS on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AOR dividend history →AOR holdings →DFUS dividend history →DFUS holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for AOR ↗
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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