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DFUS vs IYZ: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and IYZ hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and IYZ returned +31.6% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $1.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF.

DFUS costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.3 points; DFUS is 17.5 times larger.

DFUS vs IYZ: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSIYZ
Expense ratio0.09%0.37%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$20.9bn$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+31.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedRussell 1000 Telecommunications RIC 22
Holdings in common2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%71.3%
Below its high6.4%, high on Jun 2, 2026

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+31.6%
IYZ total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.37%
IYZ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and IYZ hold 2% 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.

half

2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS IYZ
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67% 24.08%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.28% 9.46%
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC. 0.28% 12.31%
AT&T INC. 0.23% 3.93%
T-MOBILE US, INC. 0.12% 2.96%
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0.10% 3.30%
COMCAST CORPORATION 0.10% 2.98%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC. 0.08% 3.82%
CIENA CORPORATION 0.08% 4.12%
ROKU, INC. 0.03% 2.79%
AST SPACEMOBILE, INC. 0.02% 2.24%
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0.01% 2.10%
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 IYZ
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 3.94%
UBIQUITI 3.27%
GLOBALSTAR VOTING 2.68%
MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR 2.26%
RUSSELL1000 VALUE MINI CME DEC 26 0.00%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
IYZ
iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +31.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) not published
Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs IWV not available
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.37%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 71.2%
Holdings 2236 23
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and IYZ as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $1.1bn

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

About DFUS

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%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

About IYZ

IYZ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +31.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 71% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 23 positions, with the top ten at 71.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or IYZ?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and IYZ +31.6%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or IYZ?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and IYZ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 71% of IYZ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗IYZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IYZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IYZ ↗

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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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