DFUS vs VONE: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUS and VONE hold 93% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $8.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF.
VONE costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points.
| DFUS | VONE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.09% | 0.06% |
| Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VONE as of Sep 30, 2026 | $20.9bn | $8.9bn |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.3% | +16.8% |
| What it tracks | No index, actively managed | Russell 1000 Index |
| Holdings in common | 93% | |
| Top ten holdings, share of the fund | 34.6% | 34.9% |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VONE hold 93% 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 Aug 31, 2026.
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93% in common
On the same fields
DFUS and VONE 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 VONE
VONE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,022 positions, with the top ten at 34.9%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VONE?
- In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and VONE +16.8%.
- Which is cheaper, DFUS or VONE?
- VONE 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.
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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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