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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and USXF +20.0%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or USXF?

DFUS is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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DFUS vs USXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and USXF hold 32% of their weight in the same names, and USXF returned +20.0% over the year. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $1.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF.

DFUS costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points; DFUS is 14.6 times larger.

	DFUS	USXF
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.10%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$20.9bn	$1.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+20.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI USA Choice ESG Screened Index
Holdings in common	32%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%	39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+17.3%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+20.0%

USXF total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.10%

USXF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and USXF hold 32% 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 8, 2026.

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32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFUS USXF

NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 13.09%

BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 6.37%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 4.58%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12% 3.96%

VISA INC. 0.88% 2.44%

MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.68% 1.82%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67% 1.77%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.62% 1.84%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0.53% 1.57%

THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 0.48% 1.15%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 0.39% 1.27%

KLA CORPORATION 0.34% 1.01%

Only in DFUS

APPLE INC. 6.45%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%

ALPHABET INC. 3.00%

ALPHABET INC. 2.48%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37%

Only in USXF

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.58%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 1.03%

LINDE PLC 0.87%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 0.67%

EATON PLC 0.64%

WELLTOWER 0.62%

TJX 0.60%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 0.50%

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On the same fields

DFUS

Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF

USXF

iShares ESG Advanced 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% +20.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 0.0 pts +2.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.10%

Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 95.6%

Holdings 2236 283

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and USXF as of Oct 9, 2026 $20.9bn $1.5bn

DFUS and USXF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DFUS in plain words

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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%.

USXF in plain words

USXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 283 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or USXF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and USXF +20.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or USXF?: DFUS is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and USXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 96% of USXF 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 ↗USXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗USXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for USXF ↗

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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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