Which is cheaper, DFAL or GSLC?

GSLC is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFAL and GSLC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 54% of DFAL and 94% of GSLC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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DFAL vs GSLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DFAL and GSLC hold 51% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF, and $15.3bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF.

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At a glance

+5.1%

DFAL total return, since launch, Jun 23, 2026

+13.3%

GSLC total return, 1 year

0.12%

DFAL expense ratio

0.09%

GSLC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GSLC costs 0.03 points a year less.

DFAL vs GSLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFAL	GSLC
Return
Measure	DFAL	GSLC
Total return, 1 year	not published	+13.3%
Benchmark
Measure	DFAL	GSLC
What it tracks	not published	Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity Index
Cost and size
Measure	DFAL	GSLC
Expense ratio	0.12%	0.09%
Net assets, DFAL as of Jul 31, 2026 and GSLC as of Nov 3, 2026	$1.5bn	$15.3bn
Holdings
Measure	DFAL	GSLC
Holdings in common	51%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.6%	35.2%

Method

What they share

51%

By the books each fund has filed, DFAL and GSLC hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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51% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFAL GSLC

NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.93% 8.02%

APPLE INC. 3.83% 6.96%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.82% 5.32%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.38% 3.52%

ALPHABET INC. 2.09% 2.87%

BROADCOM INC. 1.57% 2.32%

ALPHABET INC. 1.27% 1.79%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.07% 1.86%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 0.87% 1.26%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 0.85% 1.22%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 0.76% 0.89%

TESLA, INC. 0.70% 1.03%

Only in one fund ↓

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%

THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 0.28%

S&P GLOBAL INC. 0.13%

EATON CORPORATION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.12%

Only in GSLC

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC 0.31%

ROYALTY PHARMA PLC 0.24%

Vivmark Residential 0.20%

WELLTOWER INC 0.13%

NVR INC 0.12%

REALTY INCOME CORP 0.12%

VICI PROPERTIES INC 0.12%

UDR INC 0.10%

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Side by side

DFAL Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF GSLC Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Goldman Sachs

What it is Equity fund Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +5.1% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) +13.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.8% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −1.5 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.12% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 53.9% 93.7%

Holdings 545 426

Net assets, DFAL as of Jul 31, 2026 and GSLC as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.5bn $15.3bn

DFAL and GSLC on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

DFAL

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%.

GSLC

GSLC tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +13.3% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 426 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DFAL or GSLC?: GSLC is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAL and GSLC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 54% of DFAL and 94% of GSLC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

DFAL on its own →GSLC on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DFAL dividend history →DFAL holdings →GSLC dividend history →GSLC holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DFAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DFAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Dimensional website ↗

GSLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GSLC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Goldman Sachs 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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