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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSU returned +14.0% and SPHQ +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, DFSU or SPHQ?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 81% of DFSU and 100% of SPHQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DFSU vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFSU and SPHQ hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and SPHQ returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets: $2.3bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF, and $19.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; SPHQ is 8.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DFSU vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DFSU	SPHQ
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$2.3bn	$19.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+14.0%	+18.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Quality Index
Holdings in common	19%
Holdings dated	Jul 31, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	32.0%	43.7%
Below its high		4.6%, high on Jun 30, 2026

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

+14.0%

DFSU total return, 1 year

+18.0%

SPHQ total return, 1 year

0.15%

DFSU expense ratio

0.15%

SPHQ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFSU and SPHQ hold 19% 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

19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFSU SPHQ

APPLE INC. 6.31% 5.65%

VISA INC. 0.88% 5.84%

MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.71% 5.90%

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.59% 3.37%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.55% 3.81%

NETFLIX, INC. 0.46% 3.62%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.45% 2.62%

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 0.41% 0.71%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0.39% 4.30%

KLA CORPORATION 0.35% 2.52%

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION 0.34% 0.67%

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 0.32% 2.96%

Only in DFSU

NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.46%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.32%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.14%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.09%

ALPHABET INC. 2.40%

BROADCOM INC. 2.27%

ALPHABET INC. 1.96%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.62%

Only in SPHQ

Costco Wholesale Corp 3.96%

Texas Instruments Inc 2.27%

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.37%

Adobe Inc 1.16%

Accenture PLC 1.10%

Lockheed Martin Corp 0.96%

Kimberly-Clark Corp 0.31%

ON Semiconductor Corp 0.28%

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On the same fields

DFSU

Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF

SPHQ

Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Invesco

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500 Quality

Total return, 1 year +14.0% +18.0%

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% 100.0%

Holdings 1940 102

Net assets, DFSU as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPHQ as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.3bn $19.1bn

DFSU and SPHQ 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 SPHQ

SPHQ tracks the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 43.7%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFSU or SPHQ?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFSU returned +14.0% and SPHQ +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFSU or SPHQ?: Neither: DFSU and SPHQ both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFSU and SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 81% of DFSU and 100% of SPHQ 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 ↗SPHQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPHQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for SPHQ ↗

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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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