DFUS vs DSI: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and DSI hold 45% of their weight in the same names, and DSI returned +18.7% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $5.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF.

DFUS costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.4 points; DFUS is 3.9 times larger.

DFUS vs DSI: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSDSI
Expense ratio0.09%0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$20.9bn$5.3bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+18.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI KLD 400 Social Index
Holdings in common45%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%46.2%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+18.7%
DSI total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.25%
DSI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and DSI hold 45% 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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45% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS DSI
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 14.42%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 10.33%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 5.64%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 4.45%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 3.00%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 2.71%
VISA INC. 0.88% 1.75%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.68% 1.31%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67% 1.28%
ABBVIE INC. 0.64% 1.34%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.62% 1.26%
CATERPILLAR INC. 0.54% 1.01%
Only in DFUS
APPLE INC. 6.45%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
Only in DSI
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.10%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.71%
LINDE PLC 0.61%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.47%
EATON PLC 0.46%
MCDONALDS CORP 0.46%
WELLTOWER 0.44%
ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 0.35%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
DSI
iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +18.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) not published
Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs IWV not available
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 96.9%
Holdings 2236 403
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and DSI as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $5.6bn

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

About DFUS

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,236 positions, with the top ten at 34.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

About DSI

DSI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. 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 403 positions, with the top ten at 46.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or DSI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and DSI +18.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or DSI?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and DSI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 97% of DSI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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