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DFUS vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and ESGU hold 68% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $18.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF.

DFUS costs 0.06 points a year less; both returned +17.3% over a year; DFUS is 1.2 times larger.

DFUS vs ESGU: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSESGU
Expense ratio0.09%0.15%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$20.9bn$17.8bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common68%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%37.8%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+17.3%
ESGU total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.15%
ESGU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and ESGU hold 68% 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

68% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS ESGU
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 7.87%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 7.25%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 5.67%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 3.69%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 3.50%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 2.46%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 1.93%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 2.16%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.69%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 1.28%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.60%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 1.50%
Only in DFUS
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
WALMART INC. 0.71%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.58%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.55%
Philip Morris International Inc. 0.43%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.36%
LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.32%
Pepsico, Inc. 0.28%
Only in ESGU
ELI LILLY 1.37%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.74%
GE AEROSPACE 0.45%
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.39%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.38%
LINDE PLC 0.37%
AMERICAN TOWER REIT 0.36%
EQUINIX REIT 0.35%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
ESGU
iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +17.3%
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% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 97.4%
Holdings 2236 269
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and ESGU as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $18.3bn

DFUS and ESGU 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 ESGU

ESGU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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 269 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or ESGU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and ESGU +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or ESGU?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and ESGU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 97% of ESGU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗ESGU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGU ↗

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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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