DFUS vs GSUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUS and GSUS hold 86% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $3.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Goldman Sachs MarketBeta U.S. Equity ETF.
GSUS costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points.
| DFUS | GSUS | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.09% | 0.07% |
| Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and GSUS as of Oct 8, 2026 | $20.9bn | $3.5bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.3% | +16.9% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | Solactive GBS United States Large & Mid Cap Index |
| Holdings in common | 86% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 34.6% | 39.8% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and GSUS hold 86% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
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86% in common
On the same fields
DFUS and GSUS 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 GSUS
GSUS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 413 positions, with the top ten at 39.8%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or GSUS?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and GSUS +16.9%.
- Which is cheaper, DFUS or GSUS?
- GSUS is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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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