Which returned more over the last year, DFSU or ESGU?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSU returned +14.0% and ESGU +17.3%.

Which is cheaper, DFSU or ESGU?

Neither: DFSU and ESGU both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFSU and ESGU overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 81% of DFSU and 97% of ESGU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DFSU vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFSU and ESGU hold 58% of their weight in the same names, and ESGU returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $2.3bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF, and $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points; ESGU is 7.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DFSU vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DFSU	ESGU
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$2.3bn	$17.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.0%	+17.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common	58%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.0%	37.8%

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

+14.0%

DFSU total return, 1 year

+17.3%

ESGU total return, 1 year

0.15%

DFSU expense ratio

0.15%

ESGU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFSU and ESGU hold 58% 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.

50%

half

58% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFSU ESGU

NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.46% 7.87%

APPLE INC. 6.31% 7.25%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.32% 3.69%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.14% 5.67%

ALPHABET INC. 2.40% 3.50%

BROADCOM INC. 2.27% 2.46%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.09% 2.16%

ALPHABET INC. 1.96% 1.93%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.62% 1.28%

VISA INC. 0.88% 1.20%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.98% 0.75%

TESLA, INC. 0.71% 1.60%

Only in DFSU

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.41%

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.59%

WALMART INC. 0.57%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.45%

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION 0.34%

THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 0.30%

MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION 0.28%

SLB N.V. 0.27%

Only in ESGU

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.69%

ELI LILLY 1.37%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.71%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.59%

GE AEROSPACE 0.45%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 0.42%

NISOURCE 0.42%

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On the same fields

DFSU

Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF

ESGU

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +14.0% +17.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) not published

Gap to its benchmark −2.6 pts vs IWV not available

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 81.1% 97.4%

Holdings 1940 269

Net assets, DFSU as of Jul 31, 2026 and ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.3bn $18.3bn

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

About DFSU

DFSU is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,940 positions, with the top ten at 32.0%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.0% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

About ESGU

ESGU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 269 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFSU or ESGU?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSU returned +14.0% and ESGU +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFSU or ESGU?: Neither: DFSU and ESGU both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFSU and ESGU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 81% of DFSU and 97% of ESGU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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