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DFUS vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to VTIP's +2.2%; 0% 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 $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

DFUS on its own →VTIP on its own →
At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+2.2%
VTIP total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.03%
VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.6 points.

DFUS vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSVTIP
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+2.2%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedBloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.03%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026$20.9bn$20.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight89%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VTIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS VTIP
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 VTIP
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.96%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.87%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%
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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF
Issuer Dimensional Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Total return, 1 year +13.8% +2.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs IWV not measured
Expense ratio 0.09% 0.03%
Holdings 2236 26
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.9bn $20.9bn

DFUS and VTIP 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%.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VTIP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or VTIP?
VTIP is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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DFUS on its own →VTIP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DFUS dividend history →DFUS holdings →VTIP dividend history →VTIP holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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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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