Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or EUSA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and EUSA +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or EUSA?

Neither: DFUS and EUSA both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFUS and EUSA overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 84% of EUSA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DFUS vs EUSA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and EUSA hold 37% 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 $1.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Equal Weighted ETF.

Both cost 0.09% a year; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points; DFUS is 11.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DFUS vs EUSA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DFUS	EUSA
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$20.9bn	$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+12.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI USA Equal Weighted Index
Holdings in common	37%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%	2.8%
Below its high		4.2%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+17.3%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+12.7%

EUSA total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.09%

EUSA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and EUSA hold 37% 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

37% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFUS EUSA

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS, INC. 0.27% 0.28%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 0.27%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 0.26%

ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. 0.28% 0.24%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0.39% 0.24%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 0.39% 0.24%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0.23% 0.24%

AMPHENOL CORPORATION 0.29% 0.23%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.62% 0.23%

ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0.26% 0.22%

APPLE INC. 6.45% 0.22%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67% 0.22%

Only in DFUS

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.58%

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.55%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.36%

LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.32%

MCDONALD'S CORPORATION 0.28%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%

THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 0.25%

Only in EUSA

STRATEGY INC CLASS A 0.30%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.24%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 0.23%

CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC CLASS A 0.22%

CROWN CASTLE INC 0.22%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 0.22%

MEDLINE CLASS A 0.22%

METTLER TOLEDO 0.22%

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On the same fields

DFUS

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF

EUSA

iShares MSCI USA Equal Weighted 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% +12.7%

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% 84.2%

Holdings 2236 517

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and EUSA as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $1.9bn

DFUS and EUSA 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 EUSA

EUSA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 517 positions, with the top ten at 2.8%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or EUSA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and EUSA +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or EUSA?: Neither: DFUS and EUSA both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and EUSA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 84% of EUSA 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 ↗EUSA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EUSA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EUSA ↗

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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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