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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and VTV +23.5%.

Which is cheaper, DFUS or VTV?

VTV 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.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 98% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DFUS vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to VTV's +23.5%; 36% 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 $184.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF.

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At a glance

+13.8%

DFUS total return, 1 year

+23.5%

VTV total return, 1 year

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

0.03%

VTV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTV costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.7 points.

DFUS vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	VTV
Return
Measure	DFUS	VTV
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+23.5%
Benchmark
Measure	DFUS	VTV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Morningstar US Large Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	DFUS	VTV
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.03%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTV as of Sep 30, 2026	$20.9bn	$184.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DFUS	VTV
Holdings in common	36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.6%	23.6%

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

Risk and return

Jun 25, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026 · 278 weekly returns

DFUS VTV

Return

Total return edge DFUS (slight) +87.6% +84.9%

Annualized edge DFUS (slight) +12.5% +12.2%

Price return edge DFUS +76.2% +63.2%

Risk

Volatility edge VTV 16.2% 13.3%

Max drawdown edge VTV −24.2% −16.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VTV 0.58 0.65

Sortino edge VTV (slight) 0.87 0.94

Calmar edge VTV 0.52 0.74

Reading

DFUS returned slightly more: +87.6% to +84.9%. VTV swung less: 13.3% to 16.2%. VTV fell less at its worst: −16.3% to −24.2%.

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Risk and return: DFUS vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DFUS	VTV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+87.6%	+84.9%	DFUS (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.5%	+12.2%	DFUS (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+76.2%	+63.2%	DFUS	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.2%	13.3%	VTV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.8%	9.2%	VTV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−24.2%	−16.3%	VTV	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.58	0.65	VTV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.87	0.94	VTV (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.52	0.74	VTV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 278 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

36%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and VTV hold 36% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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36% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS VTV

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.38% 2.92%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37% 3.33%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35% 4.56%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94% 2.56%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.90% 2.42%

WALMART INC. 0.71% 1.72%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67% 1.45%

ABBVIE INC. 0.64% 1.75%

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.61% 1.37%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.55% 1.25%

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.55% 0.61%

CATERPILLAR INC. 0.54% 1.41%

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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 VTV

Linde PLC 0.83%

Eaton Corp PLC 0.63%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.55%

Prologis Inc 0.47%

Accenture PLC 0.42%

Medtronic PLC 0.42%

Lowe's Cos Inc 0.39%

Trane Technologies PLC 0.38%

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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF VTV Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US value

Total return, 1 year +13.8% +23.5%

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%

Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 98.1%

Holdings 2236 300

Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and VTV as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.9bn $184.2bn

DFUS and VTV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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DFUS and VTV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. DFUS follows No index, actively managed and VTV follows Morningstar US Large Cap Value Index.
Holdings in common. 36% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DFUS returned +13.8% and VTV +23.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

VTV

VTV tracks an index of US value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 300 positions, with the top ten at 23.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or VTV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and VTV +23.5%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or VTV?: VTV 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.
How much do DFUS and VTV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 98% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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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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