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DFUS vs THRO: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and THRO hold 57% of their weight in the same names, and THRO returned +18.3% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $7.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Thematic Rotation Active ETF.

DFUS costs 0.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; DFUS is 2.4 times larger.

DFUS vs THRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSTHRO
Expense ratio0.09%0.57%
Net assets, as of Apr 30, 2026$19.9bn$8.3bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+18.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common57%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%43.5%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+18.3%
THRO total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.57%
THRO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and THRO hold 57% 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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57% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS THRO
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 8.35%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 8.22%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 6.41%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 4.63%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 3.85%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 2.13%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 1.90%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 1.93%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 2.57%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 2.48%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.39%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 1.90%
Only in DFUS
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.68%
ABBVIE INC. 0.64%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.58%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.55%
NETFLIX, INC. 0.42%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.39%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.36%
Only in THRO
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.52%
ELI LILLY 0.82%
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES 0.65%
TJX 0.44%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 0.34%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.27%
SS AND C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS 0.23%
EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHIN 0.22%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
THRO
iShares U.S. Thematic Rotation Active ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +18.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs IWV +1.0 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.57%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 92.8%
Holdings 2236 247
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and THRO as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $7.5bn

DFUS and THRO 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 THRO

THRO is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.57% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 247 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or THRO?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and THRO +18.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or THRO?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.48 percentage points a year. That is about $48 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and THRO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 93% of THRO 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 ↗THRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗THRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for THRO ↗

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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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