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DFUS vs QLTY: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and QLTY hold 32% of their weight in the same names, and QLTY returned +19.9% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $4.5bn on May 31, 2026 for GMO U.S. Quality ETF.

DFUS costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points.

DFUS vs QLTY: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSQLTY
Expense ratio0.09%0.50%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and QLTY as of May 31, 2026$20.9bn$4.5bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+19.9%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%48.9%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+19.9%
QLTY total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.50%
QLTY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and QLTY hold 32% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS QLTY
APPLE INC. 6.45% 5.12%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 7.17%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 3.90%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 5.64%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 4.79%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 4.32%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33% 2.52%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.90% 4.22%
VISA INC. 0.88% 2.58%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.68% 1.78%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.55% 2.85%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.55% 1.79%
Only in DFUS
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35%
TESLA, INC. 1.27%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94%
Only in QLTY

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
QLTY
GMO U.S. Quality ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional GMO
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +19.9%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs IWV +2.6 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 96.5%
Holdings 2236 41
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and QLTY as of May 31, 2026 $20.9bn $4.5bn

DFUS and QLTY 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 QLTY

QLTY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 41 positions, with the top ten at 48.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or QLTY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and QLTY +19.9%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or QLTY?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and QLTY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 96% of QLTY 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 ↗QLTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗GMO 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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