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DFUS vs LCTU: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and LCTU hold 63% 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 $1.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF.

DFUS costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; DFUS is 17.3 times larger.

DFUS vs LCTU: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSLCTU
Expense ratio0.09%0.15%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$20.9bn$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+15.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%35.2%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+15.3%
LCTU total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.15%
LCTU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and LCTU hold 63% 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

63% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS LCTU
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 7.91%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 7.14%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 5.12%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 3.18%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 2.48%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 2.05%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 1.90%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 2.30%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.60%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.49%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38% 1.16%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 1.55%
Only in DFUS
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.58%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.55%
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 0.49%
Philip Morris International Inc. 0.43%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.36%
LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.32%
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 0.29%
Only in LCTU
ELI LILLY 1.33%
PROLOGIS REIT 1.05%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.65%
GE AEROSPACE 0.62%
EATON PLC 0.45%
KKR AND CO INC 0.35%
CHURCH AND DWIGHT INC 0.27%
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 0.27%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
LCTU
iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +15.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) +16.6% (IWB)
Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs IWV −1.4 pts vs IWB
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.15%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 93.4%
Holdings 2236 322
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and LCTU as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $1.2bn

DFUS and LCTU 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 LCTU

LCTU is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 322 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or LCTU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and LCTU +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or LCTU?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and LCTU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 93% of LCTU 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 ↗LCTU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCTU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for LCTU ↗

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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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