DFSU vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFSU and SCHB hold 70% of their weight in the same names, and SCHB returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.3bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF, and $43.3bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.
SCHB costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points.
| DFSU | SCHB | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.15% | 0.03% |
| Net assets, DFSU as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHB as of May 31, 2026 | $2.3bn | $43.3bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +14.0% | +16.8% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index |
| Holdings in common | 70% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 32.0% | 34.9% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DFSU and SCHB hold 70% 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.
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70% in common
On the same fields
DFSU and SCHB 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 SCHB
SCHB tracks an index of US broad 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 filed for May 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,405 positions, with the top ten at 34.9%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DFSU or SCHB?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSU returned +14.0% and SCHB +16.8%.
- Which is cheaper, DFSU or SCHB?
- SCHB 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.
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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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