Which returned more over the last year, DFCF or JBND?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFCF returned −1.8% and JBND −1.1%.

Which is cheaper, DFCF or JBND?

DFCF is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Share on X Download as PDF

Compare their flows Ask IQ about these two funds

DFCF vs JBND: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFCF's duration was 5.8 years on Jul 31, 2026 and JBND's 6.2 on May 31, 2026; DFCF charges 0.17% to JBND's 0.25%. Net assets: $11.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Bond ETF.

DFCF costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points.

	DFCF	JBND
Expense ratio	0.17%	0.25%
Net assets, DFCF as of Jul 31, 2026 and JBND as of Oct 9, 2026	$11.0bn	$8.9bn
Total return, 1 year	−1.8%	−1.1%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	7%
Below its high	4.4%, high on Feb 27, 2026	4.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026

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

−1.8%

DFCF total return, 1 year

−1.1%

JBND total return, 1 year

0.17%

DFCF expense ratio

0.25%

JBND expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFCF and JBND hold 7% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

50%

half

7% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFCF JBND

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Feb 15, 2032 0.91% 1.46%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Nov 15, 2033 0.65% 1.79%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Feb 29, 2032 0.52% 0.96%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Dec 31, 2032 1.00% 0.51%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Jan 31, 2032 0.55% 0.48%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Jul 31, 2032 0.38% 1.15%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Feb 15, 2033 0.87% 0.31%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Jan 15, 2028 0.46% 0.29%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Dec 31, 2031 0.27% 0.45%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Nov 15, 2031 0.72% 0.20%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Feb 28, 2030 0.21% 0.20%

U S TREASURY BOND, due May 15, 2040 0.25% 0.19%

Only in DFCF

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, due Aug 25, 2056 6.19%

The DFA Short Term Investment Fund 6.07%

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, due Aug 25, 2056 5.34%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Jan 31, 2028 4.70%

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, due Aug 25, 2056 4.10%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Oct 31, 2027 3.07%

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, due Aug 20, 2056 3.00%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Apr 30, 2027 2.94%

Only in JBND

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2034 1.86%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 31, 2029 1.69%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Feb 15, 2036 1.21%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Aug 15, 2037 0.90%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Feb 15, 2038 0.89%

FNMA/FHLMC UMBS, Single Family, 30 Year, due Jun 25, 2056 0.79%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Nov 15, 2030 0.76%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Nov 15, 2037 0.72%

Check overlap with more funds →

On the same fields

DFCF

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

JBND

JPMorgan Active Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Dimensional JPMorgan

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.8% −1.1%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −19.0 pts −18.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.17% 0.25%

Holdings 1771 1757

Net assets, DFCF as of Jul 31, 2026 and JBND as of Oct 9, 2026 $11.0bn $8.9bn

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

DFCF in plain words

DFCF is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.17% a year. It sat 4.4% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

JBND in plain words

JBND is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. It sat 4.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFCF or JBND?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFCF returned −1.8% and JBND −1.1%.
Which is cheaper, DFCF or JBND?: DFCF is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

DFCF vs SCHZ DFCF vs SPAB DFCF vs VCRB DFCF vs EAGG JBND vs TAGG JBND vs UITB JBND vs JHCR JBND vs SCCR

DFCF on its own →JBND on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

DFCF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFCF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗JBND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JBND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, DFCF against JBND, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/dfcf-vs-jbnd

Open data

Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.