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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +15.0% and SECT +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or SECT?

DFUS is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 0% of SECT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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DFUS vs SECT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DFUS returned +15.0% to SECT's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $20.9bn for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and $2.8bn for Main Sector Rotation ETF.

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At a glance

+15.0%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+13.1%

SECT total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.69%

SECT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.60 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; DFUS is 7.5 times larger.

DFUS vs SECT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	SECT
Return
Measure	DFUS	SECT
Total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	DFUS	SECT
Below its high		3.0%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DFUS	SECT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	DFUS	SECT
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.69%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$20.9bn	$2.8bn
Holdings
Measure	DFUS	SECT
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%	99.6%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and SECT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS SECT

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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 SECT

SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST (THE) 38.39%

SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST (THE) 19.67%

SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST (THE) 12.44%

SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST (THE) 9.03%

INVESCO EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST II 6.08%

SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST (THE) 6.02%

SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST (THE) 4.01%

SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST (THE) 3.91%

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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF SECT Main Sector Rotation ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Main

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +15.0% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (IWV) +14.8% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark +0.2 pts vs IWV −1.7 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.69%

Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 0.0%

Holdings 2236 8

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $20.9bn $2.8bn

DFUS and SECT on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

DFUS

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% 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%.

SECT

SECT is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.69% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8 positions, with the top ten at 99.6%. It sat 3.0% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or SECT?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +15.0% and SECT +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or SECT?: DFUS is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and SECT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 0% of SECT 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) ↗

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SECT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SECT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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