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DFUS vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to SPYD's +15.3%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.

DFUS on its own →SPYD on its own →
At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+15.3%
SPYD total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.07%
SPYD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYD costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points.

DFUS vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSSPYD
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+15.3%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.07%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPYD as of Oct 27, 2026$20.9bn$7.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%16.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

4%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and SPYD hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS SPYD
CHEVRON CORPORATION 0.53% 1.54%
Pepsico, Inc. 0.28% 1.28%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.28% 1.29%
AT&T INC. 0.23% 1.18%
PFIZER INC. 0.21% 1.56%
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 0.20% 1.32%
Altria Group, Inc. 0.17% 1.32%
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 0.14% 1.27%
BLACKSTONE INC. 0.13% 1.24%
EOG RESOURCES, INC. 0.12% 1.45%
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. 0.11% 1.19%
COMCAST CORPORATION 0.10% 1.21%
Only in one fund ↓
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 SPYD
ACCENTURE PLC CL A 2.18%
MEDTRONIC PLC 1.49%
CROWN CASTLE INC 1.47%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 1.44%
LYONDELLBASELL INDU CL A 1.41%
JM SMUCKER CO 1.40%
HOST HOTELS + RESORTS INC 1.34%
PUBLIC STORAGE 1.30%
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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend
Total return, 1 year +13.8% +15.3%
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% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 99.3%
Holdings 2236 79
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPYD as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.9bn $7.5bn

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

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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%.

SPYD

SPYD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or SPYD?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and SPYD +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or SPYD?
SPYD is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and SPYD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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DFUS on its own →SPYD on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DFUS dividend history →DFUS holdings →SPYD dividend history →SPYD holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
SPYD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street 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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