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DFSU vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFSU and ITOT hold 64% of their weight in the same names, and ITOT returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.3bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF, and $98.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

ITOT costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; ITOT is far larger, $94.3bn against $2.3bn.

DFSU vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFSUITOT
Expense ratio0.15%0.03%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$2.3bn$94.3bn
Total return, 1 year+14.0%+16.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P Total U.S. Stock Market
Holdings in common64%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.0%34.8%

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

+14.0%
DFSU total return, 1 year
+16.8%
ITOT total return, 1 year
0.15%
DFSU expense ratio
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFSU and ITOT hold 64% 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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64% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFSU ITOT
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.46% 7.35%
APPLE INC. 6.31% 6.51%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.32% 3.41%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.14% 5.26%
ALPHABET INC. 2.40% 2.73%
BROADCOM INC. 2.27% 2.28%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.09% 2.10%
ALPHABET INC. 1.96% 2.19%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.62% 1.17%
VISA INC. 0.88% 0.87%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.98% 0.83%
TESLA, INC. 0.71% 1.43%
Only in DFSU
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.41%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.59%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.45%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 0.30%
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION 0.27%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. 0.19%
MOODY'S CORPORATION 0.17%
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0.17%
Only in ITOT
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.54%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.27%
ELI LILLY 1.25%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.92%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.56%
CHEVRON 0.55%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.53%
GE AEROSPACE 0.42%

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On the same fields

DFSU
Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 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 +14.0% +16.8%
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% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 81.1% 88.1%
Holdings 1940 2459
Net assets, DFSU as of Jul 31, 2026 and ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.3bn $98.1bn

DFSU and ITOT 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 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, DFSU or ITOT?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSU returned +14.0% and ITOT +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, DFSU or ITOT?
ITOT is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFSU and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 81% of DFSU and 88% of ITOT 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 ↗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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