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DFAU vs DYNF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAU and DYNF hold 56% of their weight in the same names, and DYNF returned +19.6% over the year. Net assets: $12.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF, and $42.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF.

DFAU costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; DYNF is 3.1 times larger.

DFAU vs DYNF: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFAUDYNF
Expense ratio0.12%0.26%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$12.4bn$38.6bn
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+19.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common56%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund33.7%41.0%

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

+17.2%
DFAU total return, 1 year
+19.6%
DYNF total return, 1 year
0.12%
DFAU expense ratio
0.26%
DYNF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAU and DYNF hold 56% 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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56% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAU DYNF
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.74% 8.39%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 7.73%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.09% 5.08%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.59% 4.18%
ALPHABET INC. 2.74% 2.48%
BROADCOM INC. 2.35% 2.55%
ALPHABET INC. 2.28% 2.05%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.79% 2.65%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.39% 1.89%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.27% 3.20%
TESLA, INC. 1.08% 1.57%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.88% 2.74%
Only in DFAU
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.24%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.47%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.44%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.32%
KLA CORPORATION 0.32%
LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.27%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 0.24%
Only in DYNF
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.31%
ELI LILLY 1.21%
WELLTOWER 0.84%
REALTY INCOME REIT 0.67%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.67%
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.57%
EATON PLC 0.47%
GE AEROSPACE 0.47%

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On the same fields

DFAU
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF
DYNF
iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.2% +19.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) +16.9% (PBUS)
Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV +2.6 pts vs PBUS
Expense ratio 0.12% 0.26%
Already in the S&P 500 86.8% 94.8%
Holdings 2192 261
Net assets, DFAU as of Jul 31, 2026 and DYNF as of Oct 9, 2026 $12.4bn $42.9bn

DFAU and DYNF 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 DYNF

DYNF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 261 positions, with the top ten at 41.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAU or DYNF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAU returned +17.2% and DYNF +19.6%.
Which is cheaper, DFAU or DYNF?
DFAU is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAU and DYNF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 87% of DFAU and 95% of DYNF 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 ↗DYNF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DYNF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DYNF ↗

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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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