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DFUS vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DFUS is an actively managed equity fund and USO a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USO returned +133.3% against +13.8%.

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Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for United States Oil Fund, LP.

DFUS on its own →USO on its own →
At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+133.3%
USO total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.86%
USO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.77 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 119.5 points.

DFUS vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSUSO
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+133.3%
Drawdown
Below its high82.3%, high on Jul 14, 2008
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedOil futures
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.86%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026$20.9bn$1.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight89%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%

Method

Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF USO United States Oil Fund, LP
Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer Dimensional USCF
What it is Actively managed Holds oil futures
Total return, 1 year +13.8% +133.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV not measured
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.86%
Holdings 2236 not counted
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026 $20.9bn $1.9bn

DFUS and USO 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%.

USO

USO holds oil futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +133.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 82.3% below its high of Jul 14, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or USO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and USO +133.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or USO?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.77 percentage points a year. That is about $77 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
USCF website ↗

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