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DFUS vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to URTH's +13.1%; 65% 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 $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+13.1%
URTH total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.24%
URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points.

DFUS vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSURTH
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+13.1%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI World Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.24%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026$20.9bn$8.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common65%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%27.2%

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

What they share

65%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and URTH hold 65% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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65% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS URTH
APPLE INC. 6.45% 5.60%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 5.50%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 4.12%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 2.69%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 2.07%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 1.70%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 1.62%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 1.49%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.28%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.15%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 1.00%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 0.98%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DFUS
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.58%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.55%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.36%
LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.32%
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION 0.28%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 0.25%
Only in URTH
ELI LILLY 1.13%
ASML HOLDING 0.70%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.37%
APPLIED MATERIAL INC 0.34%
GE AEROSPACE 0.34%
SHELL 0.33%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.32%
NOVARTIS AG 0.31%
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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI World
Total return, 1 year +13.8% +13.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +13.4% (ACWI)
Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV −0.3 pts vs ACWI
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.24%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 69.1%
Holdings 2236 1254
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $20.9bn $8.9bn

DFUS and URTH 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%.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or URTH?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or URTH?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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DFUS on its own →URTH on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DFUS dividend history →DFUS holdings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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