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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +15.0% and JHML +17.2%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or JHML?

DFUS is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 92% of JHML by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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DFUS vs JHML: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DFUS returned +15.0% to JHML's +17.2%; 75% 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 $1.2bn on Jun 30, 2026 for John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+17.2%

JHML total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.29%

JHML expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.2 points.

DFUS vs JHML: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	JHML
Return
Measure	DFUS	JHML
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+17.2%
Benchmark
Measure	DFUS	JHML
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	John Hancock Dimensional Large Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	DFUS	JHML
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.29%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and JHML as of Jun 30, 2026	$20.9bn	$1.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DFUS	JHML
Holdings in common	75%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%	23.0%

Method

What they share

75%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and JHML hold 75% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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75% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS JHML

NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 4.02%

APPLE INC. 6.45% 3.99%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 2.74%

ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 2.65%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 2.51%

BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 1.75%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 1.57%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.62%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 1.13%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33% 1.08%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 1.04%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38% 0.89%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DFUS

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94%

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.10%

LIBERTY MEDIA CORP - FORMULA ONE GROUP 0.03%

JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.02%

QXO, INC. 0.02%

LITTELFUSE, INC. 0.02%

ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.02%

UNITY SOFTWARE INC. 0.02%

Only in JHML

Exxon Mobil Corporation 0.63%

Welltower Inc. 0.17%

Electronic Arts Inc. 0.15%

Prologis Inc. 0.14%

Simon Property Group Inc. 0.12%

Equinix Inc. 0.11%

Digital Realty Trust Inc. 0.10%

Realty Income Corporation 0.10%

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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF JHML John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional John Hancock

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +17.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (IWV) +14.5% (IWB)

Gap to its benchmark +0.2 pts vs IWV +2.7 pts vs IWB

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 92.1%

Holdings 2236 780

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and JHML as of Jun 30, 2026 $20.9bn $1.2bn

DFUS and JHML on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

DFUS

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% 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%.

JHML

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +14.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

JHML tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 780 positions, with the top ten at 23.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or JHML?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +15.0% and JHML +17.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or JHML?: DFUS is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and JHML overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 92% of JHML 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 ↗

JHML filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JHML prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

John Hancock website ↗

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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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