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DFUS vs XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DFUS returned +13.8% to XLV's +25.6%; 7% 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 $47.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF.

DFUS on its own →XLV on its own →
At a glance
+13.8%
DFUS total return, 1 year
+25.6%
XLV total return, 1 year
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio
0.08%
XLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLV costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.8 points.

DFUS vs XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureDFUSXLV
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.8%+25.6%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedHealth Care Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.09%0.08%
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and XLV as of Oct 27, 2026$20.9bn$47.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in common7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.6%60.6%

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

What they share

7%

By the books each fund has filed, DFUS and XLV hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DFUS XLV
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.90% 9.96%
ABBVIE INC. 0.64% 7.78%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.55% 5.66%
MERCK & CO., INC. 0.47% 5.38%
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED 0.31% 3.94%
AMGEN INC. 0.30% 3.72%
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. 0.24% 3.03%
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 0.23% 2.74%
PFIZER INC. 0.21% 2.61%
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 0.20% 1.93%
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 0.20% 1.79%
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. 0.19% 2.42%
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 XLV
ELI LILLY + CO 15.77%
MEDTRONIC PLC 1.77%
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY 0.49%
STERIS PLC 0.34%
COOPER COS INC 0.18%
XAV HEALTH CARE DEC26 0.01%
CONTRA HOLOGIC INCORPO 0.00%
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Side by side

DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF XLV State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Health care
Total return, 1 year +13.8% +25.6%
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% 99.7%
Holdings 2236 62
Net assets, DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 and XLV as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.9bn $47.0bn

DFUS and XLV 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%.

XLV

XLV tracks an index of Health care. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.6% 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 62 positions, with the top ten at 60.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUS or XLV?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUS returned +13.8% and XLV +25.6%.
Which is cheaper, DFUS or XLV?
XLV 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 XLV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 89% of DFUS and 100% of XLV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
DFUS on its own →XLV on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →DFUS dividend history →DFUS holdings →XLV dividend history →XLV holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Dimensional website ↗
XLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XLV 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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