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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and VHT +25.0%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or VHT?

Neither: DFUS and VHT both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 86% of VHT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DFUS vs VHT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to VHT's +25.0%; 8% 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 $19.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Health Care ETF.

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At a glance

+13.8%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+25.0%

VHT total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.09%

VHT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.09% a year; their one-year returns differ by 11.2 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DFUS vs VHT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	VHT
Return
Measure	DFUS	VHT
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+25.0%
Benchmark
Measure	DFUS	VHT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	DFUS	VHT
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.09%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VHT as of Sep 30, 2026	$20.9bn	$19.1bn
Holdings
Measure	DFUS	VHT
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%	51.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VHT hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS VHT

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.90% 8.79%

ABBVIE INC. 0.64% 6.46%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.55% 4.66%

MERCK & CO., INC. 0.47% 5.02%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED 0.31% 3.51%

AMGEN INC. 0.30% 3.18%

GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. 0.24% 2.59%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 0.23% 2.41%

PFIZER INC. 0.21% 2.27%

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 0.20% 1.78%

CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 0.20% 1.53%

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. 0.19% 2.01%

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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 VHT

Eli Lilly & Co 12.95%

Medtronic PLC 1.54%

Becton Dickinson & Co 0.69%

STERIS PLC 0.29%

MKTLIQ 0.24%

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 0.19%

Medline Inc 0.18%

Twist Bioscience Corp 0.16%

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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Health Care

Total return, 1 year +13.8% +25.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +25.4% (FHLC)

Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV −0.4 pts vs FHLC

Expense ratio 0.09% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 85.5%

Holdings 2236 414

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VHT as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.9bn $19.1bn

DFUS and VHT 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%.

VHT

VHT tracks an index of Health Care. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.0% with distributions reinvested, against +25.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 414 positions, with the top ten at 51.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VHT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and VHT +25.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or VHT?: Neither: DFUS and VHT both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and VHT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 86% of VHT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Dimensional website ↗

VHT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VHT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VHT ↗

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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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