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CGDV vs DFAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGDV and DFAL hold 23% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $38.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group Dividend Value ETF, and $1.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF.

DFAL costs 0.21 points a year less.

CGDVDFAL
Expense ratio0.33%0.12%
Net assets, CGDV as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFAL as of Jul 31, 2026$38.9bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+18.5%not published
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot published
Holdings in common23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.7%56.6%
Below its high3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+18.5%
CGDV total return, 1 year
+6.3%
DFAL total return, since launch, Jun 23, 2026
0.33%
CGDV expense ratio
0.12%
DFAL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGDV and DFAL hold 23% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGDV DFAL
NVIDIA Corp 5.66% 3.93%
Microsoft Corp 5.81% 2.82%
Apple Inc 2.36% 3.83%
Alphabet Inc 3.59% 2.09%
Amazon.com Inc 1.88% 2.38%
Broadcom Inc 5.16% 1.57%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.33% 1.07%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.89% 0.87%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.15% 0.85%
Mastercard Inc 1.30% 0.43%
AbbVie Inc 1.35% 0.35%
Cisco Systems Inc 3.02% 0.34%
Only in CGDV
British American Tobacco PLC 2.66%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.16%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.02%
Exxon Mobil Corp 1.34%
TC Energy Corp 1.33%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 0.82%
Only in DFAL
iShares Russell Top 200 Growth Index ETF 13.12%
Ishares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund 8.84%
DFA Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 7.98%
Dimensional U S Core Equity 2 ETF 6.89%
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 4.68%
ALPHABET INC. 1.27%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 0.76%
TESLA, INC. 0.70%

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On the same fields

CGDV
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF
DFAL
Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Dimensional
What it is Actively managed Equity fund
Total return, 1 year +18.5% +6.3% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026)
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +6.4% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026)
Gap to the S&P 500 +1.3 pts −0.1 pts (since launch, Jun 23, 2026)
Expense ratio 0.33% 0.12%
Already in the S&P 500 91.0% 53.9%
Holdings 53 545
Net assets, CGDV as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFAL as of Jul 31, 2026 $38.9bn $1.5bn

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

CGDV in plain words

CGDV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 53 positions, with the top ten at 38.7%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

DFAL in plain words

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 54% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 545 positions, with the top ten at 56.6%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, CGDV or DFAL?
DFAL is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGDV and DFAL overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 91% of CGDV and 54% of DFAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CGDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGDV ↗DFAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAL 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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