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DFUS vs IWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to IWO's +7.9%; 2% 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 $14.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+7.9%
IWO total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.24%
IWO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.9 points.

DFUS vs IWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSIWO
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+7.9%
Drawdown
Below its high9.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedRussell 2000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.24%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and IWO as of Oct 27, 2026$20.9bn$14.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in common2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%6.4%

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

What they share

2%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and IWO hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS IWO
MOOG INC. 0.02% 0.68%
UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.01% 0.05%
BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.01% 0.57%
OLD NATIONAL BANCORP 0.01% 0.07%
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. 0.01% 0.66%
ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0.01% 0.42%
FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. 0.01% 0.51%
HEALTHEQUITY, INC. 0.01% 0.57%
InterDigital, Inc. 0.01% 0.58%
JFROG LTD 0.01% 0.74%
STONEX GROUP INC. 0.01% 0.41%
ARGAN, INC. 0.01% 0.31%
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 IWO
TWIST BIOSCIENCE 0.71%
RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 0.60%
PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 0.58%
SPYRE THERAPEUTICS INC 0.51%
ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH CLASS A 0.50%
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS 0.49%
MAXLINEAR 0.44%
COMPASS INC CLASS A 0.41%
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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the Russell 2000 Growth
Total return, 1 year +13.8% +7.9%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +8.0% (VTWG)
Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV −0.1 pts vs VTWG
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.24%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 0.0%
Holdings 2236 1122
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and IWO as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.9bn $14.0bn

DFUS and IWO 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%.

IWO

IWO tracks the Russell 2000 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested, against +8.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% 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 1,122 positions, with the top ten at 6.4%. It sat 9.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or IWO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and IWO +7.9%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or IWO?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and IWO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 0% of IWO 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) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
IWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for IWO ↗

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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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