DFUS vs JQUA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and JQUA hold 41% of their weight in the same names, and JQUA returned +22.2% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $9.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor ETF.

DFUS costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points; DFUS is 2.5 times larger.

DFUS vs JQUA: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSJQUA
Expense ratio0.09%0.12%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$20.9bn$8.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+22.2%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedJP Morgan US Quality Factor Index
Holdings in common41%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%19.7%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+22.2%
JQUA total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.12%
JQUA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and JQUA hold 41% 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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41% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS JQUA
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 2.10%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 2.06%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 1.98%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 1.95%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 1.83%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 2.04%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38% 1.63%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.98%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 2.19%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94% 1.80%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.90% 1.53%
VISA INC. 0.88% 1.77%
Only in DFUS
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
TESLA, INC. 1.27%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.62%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.61%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.55%
Only in JQUA
AMERICAN TOWER CORP REIT 0.30%
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC 0.28%
PUBLIC STORAGE REIT USD 0.23%
ROYALTY PHARMA PLC 0.23%
HOST HOTELS & RESORTS 0.21%
LAMAR ADVERTISING CO 0.21%
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SPORTS CORP 0.16%
MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC 0.12%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
JQUA
JPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +22.2%
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% 0.12%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 81.0%
Holdings 2236 307
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and JQUA as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $9.3bn

DFUS and JQUA 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 JQUA

JQUA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +22.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 307 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or JQUA?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and JQUA +22.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or JQUA?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and JQUA overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 81% of JQUA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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