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DFUS vs FTGS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and FTGS hold 17% 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 $1.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Growth Strength ETF.

DFUS costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points.

DFUS vs FTGS: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSFTGS
Expense ratio0.09%0.60%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and FTGS as of Oct 9, 2026$20.9bn$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+7.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedGrowth Strength Index
Holdings in common17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%24.9%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+7.0%
FTGS total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.60%
FTGS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and FTGS hold 17% 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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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS FTGS
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 2.62%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 2.18%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 1.88%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 2.15%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33% 1.93%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.68% 2.09%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 0.61% 1.94%
NETFLIX, INC. 0.42% 1.97%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0.39% 3.05%
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 0.29% 2.23%
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. 0.28% 2.48%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28% 1.92%
Only in DFUS
APPLE INC. 6.45%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35%
TESLA, INC. 1.27%
Only in FTGS

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
FTGS
First Trust Growth Strength ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +7.0%
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% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 93.8%
Holdings 2236 50
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and FTGS as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $1.3bn

DFUS and FTGS 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 FTGS

FTGS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 24.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or FTGS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and FTGS +7.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or FTGS?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and FTGS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 94% of FTGS 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 ↗FTGS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGS ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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