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DFUS vs ESGV: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and ESGV hold 80% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $13.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF.

Both cost 0.09% a year; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DFUS vs ESGV: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSESGV
Expense ratio0.09%0.09%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and ESGV as of Sep 30, 2026$20.9bn$13.4bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE US All Cap Choice Index
Holdings in common80%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%41.3%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+16.7%
ESGV total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.09%
ESGV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and ESGV hold 80% 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 Aug 31, 2026.

half

80% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS ESGV
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 8.61%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 7.65%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 6.30%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 4.21%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 3.30%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 2.88%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 2.67%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 2.10%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 1.59%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.81%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33% 1.54%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.80%
Only in DFUS
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.90%
WALMART INC. 0.71%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.55%
CATERPILLAR INC. 0.54%
CHEVRON CORPORATION 0.53%
Philip Morris International Inc. 0.43%
Only in ESGV
Welltower Inc 0.28%
Prologis Inc 0.22%
Equinix Inc 0.17%
MKTLIQ 0.16%
MercadoLibre Inc 0.15%
American Tower Corp 0.14%
Simon Property Group Inc 0.11%
Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.11%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
ESGV
Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.7%
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% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 90.1%
Holdings 2236 1227
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and ESGV as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.9bn $13.4bn

DFUS and ESGV 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 ESGV

ESGV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.7% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,227 positions, with the top ten at 41.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or ESGV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and ESGV +16.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or ESGV?
Neither: DFUS and ESGV both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and ESGV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 90% of ESGV 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 ↗ESGV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for ESGV ↗

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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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