Are DFUS and LYTE in the same category?

DFUS is a stock ETF and LYTE is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or LYTE?

DFUS is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DFUS vs LYTE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DFUS and LYTE are measured over different days, and DFUS charges 0.09% to LYTE's 0.65%.

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Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $165m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF.

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At a glance

+13.8%

DFUS total return, 1 year

−19.6%

LYTE total return, since launch, Aug 6, 2026

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.65%

LYTE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.56 points a year less.

DFUS vs LYTE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	LYTE
Return
Measure	DFUS	LYTE
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	not published
Drawdown
Measure	DFUS	LYTE
Below its all-time high		28.5%, high on Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DFUS	LYTE
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Photonics and optics
Cost and size
Measure	DFUS	LYTE
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.65%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and LYTE as of Oct 28, 2026	$20.9bn	$165m
Holdings
Measure	DFUS	LYTE
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	89%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%

Method

Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF LYTE Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer Dimensional Roundhill

What it is Actively managed Photonics and optics

Total return, 1 year +13.8% −19.6% (since launch, Aug 6, 2026)

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% 0.65%

Holdings 2236 not yet filed

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and LYTE as of Oct 28, 2026 $20.9bn $165m

DFUS and LYTE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for LYTE.

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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%.

LYTE

LYTE has no public holdings filing captured yet. Since it first traded on Aug 6, 2026 the fund returned −19.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 28.5% below its all-time high of Aug 17, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are DFUS and LYTE in the same category?: DFUS is a stock ETF and LYTE is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or LYTE?: DFUS is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Dimensional website ↗

LYTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

LYTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Roundhill page for LYTE ↗

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