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DFSU vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFSU and QUAL hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and QUAL returned +17.1% over the year. Net assets: $2.3bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF, and $49.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points; QUAL is far larger, $46.5bn against $2.3bn.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DFSU vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFSUQUAL
Expense ratio0.15%0.15%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$2.3bn$46.5bn
Total return, 1 year+14.0%+17.1%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index ?
Holdings in common36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32.0%45.7%

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

+14.0%
DFSU total return, 1 year
+17.1%
QUAL total return, 1 year
0.15%
DFSU expense ratio
0.15%
QUAL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFSU and QUAL hold 36% 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

36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFSU QUAL
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.46% 6.49%
APPLE INC. 6.31% 7.03%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.14% 8.01%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.09% 4.62%
ALPHABET INC. 2.40% 1.97%
ALPHABET INC. 1.96% 1.54%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.98% 2.04%
VISA INC. 0.88% 3.24%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.71% 2.28%
WALMART INC. 0.57% 0.96%
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 0.55% 0.79%
MERCK & CO., INC. 0.54% 1.35%
Only in DFSU
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.32%
BROADCOM INC. 2.27%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.62%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.41%
TESLA, INC. 0.71%
ABBVIE INC. 0.69%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.64%
THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 0.63%
Only in QUAL
ELI LILLY 3.65%
TJX 3.41%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 3.01%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.31%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.81%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.07%
LINDE PLC 1.00%
ADOBE INC 0.92%

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On the same fields

DFSU
Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF
QUAL
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor
Total return, 1 year +14.0% +17.1%
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% 97.2%
Holdings 1940 119
Net assets, DFSU as of Jul 31, 2026 and QUAL as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.3bn $49.0bn

DFSU and QUAL 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 QUAL

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% 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 119 positions, with the top ten at 45.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFSU or QUAL?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSU returned +14.0% and QUAL +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, DFSU or QUAL?
Neither: DFSU and QUAL both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFSU and QUAL overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 81% of DFSU and 97% of QUAL 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 ↗QUAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for QUAL ↗

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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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