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DFUS vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to VDE's +58.8%; 4% 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 $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

DFUS on its own →VDE on its own →
At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+58.8%
VDE total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.09%
VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.09% a year; their one-year returns differ by 45.0 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DFUS vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSVDE
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+58.8%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.09%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026$20.9bn$10.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%67.1%

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

What they share

4%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VDE hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS VDE
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94% 22.88%
CHEVRON CORPORATION 0.53% 14.42%
CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.21% 5.87%
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION 0.14% 4.46%
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION 0.14% 4.45%
PHILLIPS 66 0.12% 3.94%
EOG RESOURCES, INC. 0.12% 2.85%
SLB N.V. 0.11% 2.83%
KINDER MORGAN, INC. 0.09% 2.23%
BAKER HUGHES COMPANY 0.09% 2.07%
ONEOK, INC. 0.08% 2.05%
TARGA RESOURCES CORP. 0.08% 2.21%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DFUS
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75%
APPLE INC. 6.45%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77%
Only in VDE
Williams Cos Inc 3.16%
MKTLIQ 0.34%
Weatherford International PLC 0.23%
Plains GP Holdings LP 0.23%
Hess Midstream LP 0.20%
Calumet Inc 0.19%
Northern Oil & Gas Inc 0.11%
SLBBH1142 0.11%
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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF VDE Vanguard Energy ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Energy
Total return, 1 year +13.8% +58.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +59.0% (FENY)
Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV −0.2 pts vs FENY
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 81.2%
Holdings 2236 113
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.9bn $10.4bn

DFUS and VDE 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%.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VDE?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or VDE?
Neither: DFUS and VDE both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and VDE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
DFUS on its own →VDE on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DFUS dividend history →DFUS holdings →VDE dividend history →VDE holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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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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