Which is cheaper, DFAL or IWB?

DFAL 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 IWB overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 54% of DFAL and 92% of IWB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DFAL vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAL and IWB hold 50% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF, and $49.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 ETF.

DFAL costs 0.03 points a year less; IWB is far larger, $48.3bn against $1.5bn.

	DFAL	IWB
Expense ratio	0.12%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.5bn	$48.3bn
Total return, 1 year	not published	+16.6%
What it tracks	not published	Russell 1000 Index
Holdings in common	50%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.6%	36.1%

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

+6.3%

DFAL total return, since launch, Jun 23, 2026

+16.6%

IWB total return, 1 year

0.12%

DFAL expense ratio

0.15%

IWB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAL and IWB hold 50% 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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50% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAL IWB

NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.93% 7.44%

APPLE INC. 3.83% 6.77%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.82% 5.53%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.38% 3.54%

ALPHABET INC. 2.09% 2.85%

BROADCOM INC. 1.57% 2.34%

ALPHABET INC. 1.27% 2.30%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.07% 2.20%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 0.87% 1.24%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 0.76% 1.34%

TESLA, INC. 0.70% 1.56%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.58% 1.38%

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%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 0.85%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.32%

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.31%

Only in IWB

ELI LILLY 1.31%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.56%

GE AEROSPACE 0.44%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.36%

LINDE PLC 0.31%

EATON PLC 0.23%

MCDONALDS CORP 0.23%

WELLTOWER 0.23%

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On the same fields

DFAL

Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF

IWB

iShares Russell 1000 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Equity fund Tracks the Russell 1000

Total return, 1 year +6.3% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) +16.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +6.4% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −0.1 pts (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) −0.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.12% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 53.9% 91.7%

Holdings 545 1025

Net assets, DFAL as of Jul 31, 2026 and IWB as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.5bn $49.6bn

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

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%.

IWB in plain words

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 36.1%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DFAL or IWB?: DFAL 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 IWB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 54% of DFAL and 92% of IWB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWB ↗

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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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