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DFUS vs STXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and STXF hold 86% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $1.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Strive 500 ETF.

STXF costs 0.04 points a year less; both returned +17.3% over a year; DFUS is 16.3 times larger.

DFUS vs STXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSSTXF
Expense ratio0.09%0.05%
Net assets, as of Jan 31, 2025$13.3bn$814m
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedBloomberg 500 Index
Holdings in common86%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%36.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+17.3%
STXF total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.05%
STXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and STXF hold 86% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

half

86% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS STXF
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 7.26%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 6.49%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 4.30%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 3.59%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 3.21%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 2.73%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 2.56%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 1.92%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 2.00%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 1.35%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33% 1.59%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 2.18%
Only in DFUS
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94%
LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.32%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
EATON CORPORATION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.23%
MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.16%
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.15%
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.13%
ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.12%
Only in STXF
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.88%
Linde PLC 0.37%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.33%
Eaton Corp PLC 0.26%
Welltower Inc 0.25%
Prologis Inc 0.19%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.17%
Equinix Inc 0.16%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
STXF
Strive 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Strive
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) not published
Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs IWV not available
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.05%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 97.5%
Holdings 2236 500
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and STXF as of Jun 30, 2026 $20.9bn $1.1bn

DFUS and STXF 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 STXF

STXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 500 positions, with the top ten at 36.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or STXF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and STXF +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or STXF?
STXF is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and STXF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 98% of STXF 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 ↗STXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗STXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Strive 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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