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DFUS vs QQQE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and QQQE hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and QQQE returned +19.2% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $1.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF.

DFUS costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; DFUS is 15.6 times larger.

DFUSQQQE
Expense ratio0.09%0.35%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$20.9bn$1.3bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+19.2%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%12.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+19.2%
QQQE total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.35%
QQQE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and QQQE hold 23% 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.

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23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS QQQE
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 1.05%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 1.02%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 1.01%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 0.97%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 0.94%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 0.90%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 0.89%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 0.86%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 0.73%
WALMART INC. 0.71% 0.98%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67% 0.98%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.62% 0.80%
Only in DFUS
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.90%
VISA INC. 0.88%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.68%
ABBVIE INC. 0.64%
Only in QQQE
COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC 1.23%
THOMSON REUTERS CORP 1.16%
MERCADOLIBRE INC 1.13%
PDD HOLDINGS INC 1.07%
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC 1.06%
ASML HOLDING NV 1.03%
SHOPIFY INC 1.00%
FERROVIAL NV 0.97%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
QQQE
Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Direxion
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +19.2%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 0.0 pts +1.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.35%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 86.8%
Holdings 2236 103
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and QQQE as of Oct 8, 2026 $20.9bn $1.5bn

DFUS and QQQE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DFUS in plain words

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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%.

QQQE in plain words

QQQE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 12.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or QQQE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and QQQE +19.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or QQQE?
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 QQQE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 87% of QQQE 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 ↗QQQE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQQE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Direxion website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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