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BDYN vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

BDYN and DFUS hold 47% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $3.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF, and $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF.

DFUS costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; DFUS is 6.9 times larger.

BDYN vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
BDYNDFUS
Expense ratio0.39%0.09%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$3.0bn$20.9bn
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common47%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund29.6%34.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+13.2%
BDYN total return, 1 year
+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
0.39%
BDYN expense ratio
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BDYN and DFUS hold 47% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

47% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BDYN DFUS
APPLE 5.76% 6.45%
NVIDIA 4.36% 6.75%
MICROSOFT 3.68% 4.99%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.42% 3.00%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.79% 3.83%
BROADCOM INC 1.80% 2.63%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.79% 1.77%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.90% 1.35%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.14% 1.12%
TESLA INC 1.01% 1.27%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.11% 0.94%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.99% 0.90%
Only in BDYN
SPDR GOLD SHARES 2.18%
ELI LILLY 1.97%
ASML HOLDING ADR REPRESENTING 1.34%
UNICREDITO SPA UNSPONSORED ITALY A 1.03%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP ADS 0.96%
ING GROEP ADR REP 0.87%
GE AEROSPACE 0.85%
ROLLS ROYCE HOLDINGS ADR PLC 0.73%
Only in DFUS
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.58%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.55%
CHEVRON CORPORATION 0.53%
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 0.50%
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 0.49%
RTX CORPORATION 0.42%

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On the same fields

BDYN
iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF
DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Dimensional
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +13.2% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.2% (URTH) +16.7% (IWV)
Gap to its benchmark −3.0 pts vs URTH +0.6 pts vs IWV
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 67.3% 89.4%
Holdings 371 2236
Net assets, BDYN as of Oct 9, 2026 and DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 $3.2bn $20.9bn

BDYN and DFUS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About BDYN

BDYN is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.2% for its benchmark, the MSCI World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 67% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 371 positions, with the top ten at 29.6%.

About DFUS

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%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BDYN or DFUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BDYN returned +13.2% and DFUS +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, BDYN or DFUS?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BDYN and DFUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 67% of BDYN and 89% of DFUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
BDYN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BDYN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for BDYN ↗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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