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DFAU vs DGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAU and DGRW hold 47% of their weight in the same names, and DFAU returned +17.2% over the year. Net assets: $12.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF, and $16.6bn on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund.

DFAU costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points.

DFAU vs DGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFAUDGRW
Expense ratio0.12%0.28%
Net assets, DFAU as of Jul 31, 2026 and DGRW as of Jun 30, 2026$12.4bn$16.6bn
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+12.9%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedWisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index
Holdings in common47%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund33.7%36.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+17.2%
DFAU total return, 1 year
+12.9%
DGRW total return, 1 year
0.12%
DFAU expense ratio
0.28%
DGRW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAU and DGRW 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

half

47% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAU DGRW
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.74% 7.94%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.09% 5.74%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 3.86%
BROADCOM INC. 2.35% 2.34%
ALPHABET INC. 2.74% 2.31%
ALPHABET INC. 2.28% 2.31%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.79% 2.97%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.24% 1.53%
VISA INC. 0.75% 1.41%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.72% 2.34%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.64% 0.59%
WALMART INC. 0.58% 0.93%
Only in DFAU
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.59%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.39%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.27%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.11%
TESLA, INC. 1.08%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.88%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.86%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.46%
Only in DGRW
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.59%
FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC 0.07%
MERITAGE HOMES CORP 0.04%

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On the same fields

DFAU
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF
DGRW
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional WisdomTree
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of U.S. Quality Dividend Growth
Total return, 1 year +17.2% +12.9%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) not published
Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV not available
Expense ratio 0.12% 0.28%
Already in the S&P 500 86.8% 96.7%
Holdings 2192 197
Net assets, DFAU as of Jul 31, 2026 and DGRW as of Jun 30, 2026 $12.4bn $16.6bn

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

About DFAU

DFAU is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,192 positions, with the top ten at 33.7%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

About DGRW

DGRW tracks an index of U.S. Quality Dividend Growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 197 positions, with the top ten at 36.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAU or DGRW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAU returned +17.2% and DGRW +12.9%.
Which is cheaper, DFAU or DGRW?
DFAU is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAU and DGRW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 87% of DFAU and 97% of DGRW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFAU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗DGRW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DGRW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree page for DGRW ↗

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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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