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DFUS vs VTHR: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUS and VTHR 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 $4.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF.

VTHR costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points.

DFUS vs VTHR: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUSVTHR
Expense ratio0.09%0.06%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTHR as of Sep 30, 2026$20.9bn$4.9bn
Total return, 1 year+17.3%+16.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedRussell 3000 Index
Holdings in common93%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%33.4%

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

+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+16.8%
VTHR total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.06%
VTHR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VTHR 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.

half

93% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUS VTHR
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75% 6.96%
APPLE INC. 6.45% 6.19%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99% 5.09%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83% 3.40%
ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 2.67%
BROADCOM INC. 2.63% 2.33%
ALPHABET INC. 2.48% 2.16%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77% 1.70%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 1.46%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 1.29%
TESLA, INC. 1.27% 1.45%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38% 1.27%
Only in DFUS
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
TE CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.09%
NXP Semiconductors N.V. 0.09%
JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.02%
ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.02%
WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.02%
AUTOLIV, INC. 0.01%
Copa Holdings, S.A. 0.01%
Only in VTHR
Welltower Inc 0.23%
Prologis Inc 0.18%
Equinix Inc 0.14%
MKTLIQ 0.13%
American Tower Corp 0.11%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.10%
Simon Property Group Inc 0.09%
Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.09%

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On the same fields

DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
VTHR
Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.3% +16.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.7% (IWV) +16.7% (IWV)
Gap to its benchmark +0.6 pts vs IWV +0.1 pts vs IWV
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 88.3%
Holdings 2236 2978
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTHR as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.9bn $4.9bn

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

About DFUS

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 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%.

About VTHR

VTHR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,978 positions, with the top ten at 33.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VTHR?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +17.3% and VTHR +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or VTHR?
VTHR 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.
How much do DFUS and VTHR overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 88% of VTHR 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 ↗VTHR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VTHR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VTHR ↗

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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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