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DFUS vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to IJT's +15.4%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF.

DFUS on its own →IJT on its own →
At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+15.4%
IJT total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.18%
IJT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points.

DFUS vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSIJT
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+15.4%
Drawdown
Below its high8.2%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.18%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and IJT as of Oct 27, 2026$20.9bn$7.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%9.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

1%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and IJT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS IJT
ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.01% 0.49%
VIASAT, INC. 0.01% 1.18%
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. 0.01% 0.80%
ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0.01% 0.75%
STONEX GROUP INC. 0.01% 0.74%
ARGAN, INC. 0.01% 0.58%
FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION 0.01% 0.86%
ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 0.01% 0.88%
ETSY, INC. 0.01% 0.91%
GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC 0.01% 0.43%
PLEXUS CORP. 0.01% 0.33%
ARCHROCK INC. 0.01% 0.68%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DFUS
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75%
APPLE INC. 6.45%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77%
Only in IJT
PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 1.11%
RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 1.10%
ALKERMES 0.90%
MSG KNICKERBOCKERS CLASS A 0.64%
IMPINJ 0.62%
TERRENO REALTY REIT 0.60%
ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST 0.47%
OUTFRONT MEDIA 0.46%
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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth
Total return, 1 year +13.8% +15.4%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +15.6% (SLYG)
Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV −0.2 pts vs SLYG
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 0.0%
Holdings 2236 369
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and IJT as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.9bn $7.5bn

DFUS and IJT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
DFUS

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

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%.

IJT

IJT tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 369 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 8.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or IJT?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and IJT +15.4%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or IJT?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and IJT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 0% of IJT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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DFUS on its own →IJT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DFUS dividend history →DFUS holdings →IJT dividend history →IJT holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
IJT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IJT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for IJT ↗

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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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