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DFUS vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to VOX's −5.7%; 9% 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 $6.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Communication Services ETF.

DFUS on its own →VOX on its own →
At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
−5.7%
VOX total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.09%
VOX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.09% a year; their one-year returns differ by 19.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DFUS vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSVOX
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%−5.7%
Drawdown
Below its high10.8%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.09%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VOX as of Sep 30, 2026$20.9bn$6.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in common9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%71.1%

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

What they share

9%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VOX hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS VOX
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 13.97%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 7.70%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 25.31%
NETFLIX, INC. 0.42% 3.77%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.28% 4.04%
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 0.24% 4.26%
AT&T INC. 0.23% 4.04%
APPLOVIN CORPORATION 0.13% 2.31%
T-MOBILE US, INC. 0.12% 2.44%
COMCAST CORPORATION 0.10% 2.41%
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY, INC. 0.08% 2.73%
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. 0.06% 1.78%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DFUS
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75%
APPLE INC. 6.45%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35%
Only in VOX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.88%
Liberty Media Corp 1.16%
SLBBH1142 0.52%
MSG Knickerbockers Corp 0.37%
Snap Inc 0.33%
MKTLIQ 0.29%
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc 0.16%
People Inc 0.15%
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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF VOX Vanguard Communication Services ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Communication Services
Total return, 1 year +13.8% −5.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) −5.9% (FCOM)
Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV +0.2 pts vs FCOM
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 84.3%
Holdings 2236 113
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VOX as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.9bn $6.0bn

DFUS and VOX 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%.

VOX

VOX tracks an index of Communication Services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.7% with distributions reinvested, against −5.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 71.1%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VOX?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and VOX −5.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or VOX?
Neither: DFUS and VOX both charge 0.09% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and VOX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 84% of VOX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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DFUS on its own →VOX on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DFUS dividend history →DFUS holdings →VOX dividend history →VOX holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
VOX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VOX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VOX ↗

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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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