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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DFUS vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to ITOT's +13.4%; 83% 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 $97.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+13.8%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points.

DFUS vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	ITOT
Return
Measure	DFUS	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+13.4%
Benchmark
Measure	DFUS	ITOT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	DFUS	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.03%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026	$20.9bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	DFUS	ITOT
Holdings in common	83%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%	33.9%

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

Risk and return

Jun 25, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026 · 278 weekly returns

DFUS ITOT

Return

Total return edge DFUS (slight) +87.6% +80.3%

Annualized edge DFUS (slight) +12.5% +11.7%

Price return edge DFUS +76.2% +67.8%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 16.2% 16.2%

Max drawdown edge DFUS (slight) −24.2% −24.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge DFUS (slight) 0.58 0.53

Sortino edge DFUS (slight) 0.87 0.79

Calmar edge DFUS (slight) 0.52 0.47

Reading

DFUS returned slightly more: +87.6% to +80.3%. DFUS and ITOT swung about the same: 16.2% and 16.2%. DFUS fell slightly less at its worst: −24.2% to −24.9%.

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Risk and return: DFUS vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	ITOT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+87.6%	+80.3%	DFUS (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.5%	+11.7%	DFUS (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+76.2%	+67.8%	DFUS	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.2%	16.2%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.8%	10.9%	Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−24.2%	−24.9%	DFUS (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.58	0.53	DFUS (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.87	0.79	DFUS (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.52	0.47	DFUS (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 278 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

83%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and ITOT hold 83% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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83% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS ITOT

NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 7.06%

APPLE INC. 6.45% 6.78%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 5.28%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 3.32%

ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 2.52%

BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 2.18%

ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 2.02%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 1.83%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38% 1.36%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.40%

TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.54%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 1.20%

Only in one fund ↓

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 ITOT

ELI LILLY 1.37%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.42%

GE AEROSPACE 0.41%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 0.38%

LINDE PLC 0.31%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.27%

MCDONALDS CORP 0.24%

WELLTOWER 0.22%

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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +13.8% +13.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 88.1%

Holdings 2236 2443

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and ITOT as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.9bn $97.1bn

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

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DFUS and ITOT are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. DFUS follows No index, actively managed and ITOT follows S&P Total Market Index (TMI).
Holdings in common (similar). 83% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DFUS returned +13.8% and ITOT +13.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.4 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ITOT ↗

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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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