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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and SUSA +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or SUSA?

DFUS is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 96% of SUSA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DFUS vs SUSA: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and SUSA hold 51% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $4.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF.

DFUS costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; DFUS is 5.2 times larger.

DFUS vs SUSA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DFUS	SUSA
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$20.9bn	$4.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+17.6%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI USA Extended ESG Select Index
Holdings in common	51%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%	32.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+17.3%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+17.6%

SUSA total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.25%

SUSA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and SUSA hold 51% 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

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51% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFUS SUSA

NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 7.48%

APPLE INC. 6.45% 6.60%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 4.62%

ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 3.23%

BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 2.59%

ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 1.78%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.70%

TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.65%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 1.65%

VISA INC. 0.88% 1.26%

MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.68% 1.00%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67% 0.80%

Only in DFUS

AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77%

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%

WALMART INC. 0.71%

Only in SUSA

ELI LILLY 1.40%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.92%

EQUINIX REIT 0.69%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.68%

GE AEROSPACE 0.65%

STERIS 0.62%

WW GRAINGER INC 0.52%

LOWES COMPANIES INC 0.49%

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On the same fields

DFUS

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF

SUSA

iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +17.6%

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% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 96.3%

Holdings 2236 204

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and SUSA as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $4.1bn

DFUS and SUSA 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 SUSA

SUSA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 204 positions, with the top ten at 32.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or SUSA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and SUSA +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or SUSA?: DFUS is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and SUSA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 96% of SUSA 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 ↗SUSA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SUSA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for SUSA ↗

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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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