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DFAU vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAU and ITOT hold 80% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $12.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF, and $98.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

ITOT costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; ITOT is 7.6 times larger.

DFAU vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFAUITOT
Expense ratio0.12%0.03%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$12.4bn$94.3bn
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+16.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P Total U.S. Stock Market
Holdings in common80%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund33.7%34.8%

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

+17.2%
DFAU total return, 1 year
+16.8%
ITOT total return, 1 year
0.12%
DFAU expense ratio
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAU and ITOT hold 80% 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.

half

80% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAU ITOT
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.74% 7.35%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 6.51%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.09% 5.26%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.59% 3.41%
ALPHABET INC. 2.74% 2.73%
BROADCOM INC. 2.35% 2.28%
ALPHABET INC. 2.28% 2.19%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.79% 2.10%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.39% 1.54%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.27% 1.17%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.11% 1.27%
TESLA, INC. 1.08% 1.43%
Only in DFAU
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.24%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.47%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.44%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.32%
LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.27%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 0.24%
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION 0.23%
Only in ITOT
ELI LILLY 1.25%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.53%
GE AEROSPACE 0.42%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.34%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.30%
LINDE PLC 0.29%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.23%
EATON PLC 0.22%

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On the same fields

DFAU
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF
ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market
Total return, 1 year +17.2% +16.8%
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% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 86.8% 88.1%
Holdings 2192 2459
Net assets, DFAU as of Jul 31, 2026 and ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 $12.4bn $98.1bn

DFAU and ITOT 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 ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,459 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAU or ITOT?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAU returned +17.2% and ITOT +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, DFAU or ITOT?
ITOT is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAU and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 87% of DFAU and 88% of ITOT 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 ↗ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ITOT ↗

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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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