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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and SPY returned +17.5%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or SPY?

DFUS charges 0.09% a year and SPY charges 0.09%, so DFUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DFUS vs SPY: how they differ

DFUS and SPY hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and SPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DFUS	Only in SPY
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.97%	NVIDIA CORP 8.08%
APPLE INC. 5.86%	APPLE INC 7.33%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.52%	MICROSOFT CORP 5.59%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.84%	AMAZON.COM INC 3.77%
ALPHABET INC. 3.31%	ALPHABET INC CL A 2.98%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%	BROADCOM INC 2.61%
ALPHABET INC. 2.74%	ALPHABET INC CL C 2.39%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.01%	META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.16%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

DFUS and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF	SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Dimensional	State Street
What it is	U.S. Equity Market	S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+17.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	0.0 pts	0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.09%
Already in the S&P 500	90.2%	100.0%
Holdings	2231	505

DFUS in plain words

DFUS is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Equity Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2231 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

SPY in plain words

SPY is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or SPY?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.5% and SPY returned +17.5%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or SPY?: DFUS charges 0.09% a year and SPY charges 0.09%, so DFUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of DFUS and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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