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BLCR vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

BLCR and DFUS hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and BLCR returned +26.3% over the year. Net assets: $9.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Large Cap Core Active ETF, and $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF.

DFUS costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.0 points; DFUS is 3.2 times larger.

BLCR vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
BLCRDFUS
Expense ratio0.36%0.09%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$6.4bn$20.9bn
Total return, 1 year+26.3%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund48.6%34.6%

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

+26.3%
BLCR total return, 1 year
+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
0.36%
BLCR expense ratio
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BLCR and DFUS hold 36% 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.

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36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BLCR DFUS
NVIDIA 7.12% 6.75%
MICROSOFT 6.61% 4.99%
APPLE 4.53% 6.45%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.90% 3.83%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.06% 3.00%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 5.05% 1.77%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.31% 1.35%
BROADCOM INC 1.35% 2.63%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.44% 1.12%
VISA CLASS A 4.43% 0.88%
INTEL CORPORATION 2.11% 0.62%
CHEVRON 1.35% 0.53%
Only in BLCR
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 1.44%
CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC 1.38%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 1.07%
RENTOKIL INITIAL ADS EACH REPRESEN 0.92%
ELI LILLY 0.76%
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 0.60%
MADISON AIR SOLUTIONS CORP CLASS A 0.35%
Only in DFUS
ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
TESLA, INC. 1.27%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.68%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67%
ABBVIE INC. 0.64%

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On the same fields

BLCR
iShares Large Cap Core 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 +26.3% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.6% (IWB) +16.7% (IWV)
Gap to its benchmark +9.6 pts vs IWB +0.6 pts vs IWV
Expense ratio 0.36% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 85.6% 89.4%
Holdings 52 2236
Net assets, BLCR as of Oct 9, 2026 and DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 $9.8bn $20.9bn

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

About BLCR

BLCR is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 48.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

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, BLCR or DFUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BLCR returned +26.3% and DFUS +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, BLCR or DFUS?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BLCR and DFUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of BLCR and 89% of DFUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
BLCR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BLCR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for BLCR ↗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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