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DFUS vs USMC: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and USMC hold 43% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $5.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF.

DFUS costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points.

DFUS vs USMC: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSUSMC
Expense ratio0.09%0.12%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and USMC as of Oct 8, 2026$20.9bn$5.2bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+14.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common43%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%54.3%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+14.8%
USMC total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.12%
USMC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and USMC hold 43% 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

43% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS USMC
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 7.54%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 6.63%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 4.30%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 3.60%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 5.80%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 4.77%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 3.51%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38% 3.10%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 4.40%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 8.75%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33% 2.52%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 2.31%
Only in DFUS
ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.62%
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.58%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.55%
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0.53%
Only in USMC
Exxon Mobil Corp 1.99%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
USMC
Principal U.S. Mega-Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Principal
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +14.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs IWV −2.5 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.12%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 99.8%
Holdings 2236 26
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and USMC as of Oct 8, 2026 $20.9bn $5.2bn

DFUS and USMC 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 USMC

USMC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 26 positions, with the top ten at 54.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or USMC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and USMC +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or USMC?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and USMC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 100% of USMC 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 ↗USMC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗USMC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Principal 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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