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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and KRE +21.2%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or KRE?

DFUS is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 7% of KRE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DFUS vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to KRE's +21.2%; 1% 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 $4.2bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF.

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At a glance

+13.8%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+21.2%

KRE total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.35%

KRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points.

DFUS vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	KRE
Return
Measure	DFUS	KRE
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+21.2%
Drawdown
Measure	DFUS	KRE
Below its high		6.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DFUS	KRE
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	DFUS	KRE
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.35%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and KRE as of Oct 27, 2026	$20.9bn	$4.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DFUS	KRE
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%	11.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and KRE hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS KRE

Truist Financial Corporation 0.10% 1.08%

M&T BANK CORPORATION 0.05% 1.04%

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED 0.05% 1.06%

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 0.04% 1.05%

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.04% 1.07%

EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. 0.03% 1.15%

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 0.02% 1.13%

FIRST HORIZON CORPORATION 0.02% 1.06%

Popular, Inc. 0.02% 1.08%

WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.02% 1.12%

SOUTHSTATE BANK CORPORATION 0.01% 1.12%

UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.01% 1.06%

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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 KRE

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS 1.17%

FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYS A 1.15%

FNB CORP 1.12%

FIRST BANCORP PUERTO RICO 1.08%

ZIONS BANCORP NA 1.08%

SEACOAST BANKING CORP 1.08%

WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORP 1.07%

SIMMONS FIRST NATL CORP CL A 1.03%

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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF KRE State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Regional Banking

Total return, 1 year +13.8% +21.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 6.6%

Holdings 2236 167

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and KRE as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.9bn $4.2bn

DFUS and KRE 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%.

KRE

KRE tracks the S&P Regional Banking. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 7% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 167 positions, with the top ten at 11.6%. It sat 6.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or KRE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and KRE +21.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or KRE?: DFUS is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and KRE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 7% of KRE 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 ↗

KRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street 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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