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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and HYG returned +2.9%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or HYG?

DFUS charges 0.09% a year and HYG charges 0.49%, so DFUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DFUS vs HYG: how they differ

DFUS and HYG hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned more over the year.

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and HYG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DFUS	Only in HYG
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.97%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.68%
APPLE INC. 5.86%	1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.56%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.52%	MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.47%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84%	PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.35%
ALPHABET INC. 3.31%	WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.29%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%	GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.28%
ALPHABET INC. 2.74%	PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A 0.28%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.01%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.28%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

DFUS and HYG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF	HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Dimensional	iShares
What it is	U.S. Equity Market	US high yield bonds
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+2.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	0.0 pts	−14.6 pts
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.49%
Holdings	2231	1326

DFUS in plain words

DFUS is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Equity Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2231 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

HYG in plain words

HYG is a bond fund tracking the US high yield bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or HYG?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and HYG returned +2.9%, so DFUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or HYG?: DFUS charges 0.09% a year and HYG charges 0.49%, so DFUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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