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DFUS vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS and XLP finished level, +13.8% against +13.8%, and they share 4% of their weight.

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Net assets: $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF, and $14.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+13.8%
XLP total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.08%
XLP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLP costs 0.01 points a year less; both returned +13.8% over a year.

DFUS vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSXLP
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+13.8%
Drawdown
Below its high3.5%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedConsumer Staples Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.08%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and XLP as of Oct 27, 2026$20.9bn$14.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in common4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%62.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

4%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and XLP hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS XLP
WALMART INC. 0.71% 11.05%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 0.61% 9.14%
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 0.50% 7.34%
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 0.49% 7.69%
Philip Morris International Inc. 0.43% 6.56%
Pepsico, Inc. 0.28% 4.10%
Altria Group, Inc. 0.17% 4.54%
Mondelez International, Inc. 0.12% 4.19%
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 0.10% 4.39%
MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION 0.10% 3.88%
TARGET CORPORATION 0.10% 3.94%
SYSCO CORPORATION 0.06% 2.35%
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 XLP
VYLOR INC 1.53%
JM SMUCKER CO 0.81%
MCCORMICK + CO NON VTG SHRS 0.72%
XAP CONS STAPLES DEC26 0.01%
CONTRA WALGREENS BOOTS 0.00%
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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF XLP State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Consumer staples
Total return, 1 year +13.8% +13.8%
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% 0.08%
Already in the S&P 500 89.4% 99.6%
Holdings 2236 36
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and XLP as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.9bn $14.6bn

DFUS and XLP 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%.

XLP

XLP tracks an index of Consumer staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 36 positions, with the top ten at 62.9%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or XLP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and XLP +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or XLP?
XLP is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUS and XLP overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 100% of XLP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Sources and dates
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
XLP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XLP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗

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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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