DFUS vs IWV: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and IWV hold 83% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $20.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Russell 3000 ETF.

DFUS costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points.

DFUS vs IWV: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSIWV
Expense ratio0.09%0.20%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$20.9bn$19.6bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedRussell 3000 Index
Holdings in common83%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%34.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+16.7%
IWV total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.20%
IWV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and IWV hold 83% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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83% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS IWV
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 7.15%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 6.51%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 5.32%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 3.40%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 2.74%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 2.25%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 2.21%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 2.11%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.55%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38% 1.28%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.49%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 1.19%
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 IWV
ELI LILLY 1.26%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.54%
GE AEROSPACE 0.43%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.35%
LINDE PLC 0.30%
EATON PLC 0.22%
MCDONALDS CORP 0.22%
WELLTOWER 0.22%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
IWV
iShares Russell 3000 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) +16.8% (VTHR)
Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs IWV −0.1 pts vs VTHR
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 87.8%
Holdings 2236 2600
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and IWV as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $20.6bn

DFUS and IWV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About DFUS

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 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%.

About IWV

IWV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.7% with distributions reinvested, against +16.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,600 positions, with the top ten at 34.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or IWV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and IWV +16.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or IWV?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and IWV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 88% of IWV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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