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DFUV vs FTCS: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFUV and FTCS hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and DFUV returned +26.8% over the year. Net assets: $15.4bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF, and $7.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Capital Strength ETF.

DFUV costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.7 points.

DFUV vs FTCS: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFUVFTCS
Expense ratio0.21%0.53%
Net assets, DFUV as of Jul 31, 2026 and FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026$15.4bn$7.5bn
Total return, 1 year+26.8%+4.1%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedCapital Strength Index
Holdings in common9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund25.9%22.6%
Below its high6.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+26.8%
DFUV total return, 1 year
+4.1%
FTCS total return, 1 year
0.21%
DFUV expense ratio
0.53%
FTCS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFUV and FTCS hold 9% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

half

9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFUV FTCS
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.86% 2.09%
LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.20% 1.91%
MERCK & CO., INC. 0.83% 2.31%
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED 0.53% 2.13%
EOG RESOURCES, INC. 0.47% 2.14%
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 0.47% 2.04%
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 0.46% 1.82%
Chubb Limited 0.44% 1.96%
Northrop Grumman Corporation 0.39% 1.86%
CSX Corporation 0.34% 1.88%
Garmin Ltd. 0.28% 2.18%
AFLAC INCORPORATED 0.27% 1.86%
Only in DFUV
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.50%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.47%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 3.22%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.86%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 2.72%
CHEVRON CORPORATION 2.00%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.50%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 1.42%
Only in FTCS
Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.30%
Amgen Inc. 2.29%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.28%
Mastercard Incorporated 2.19%
The Coca-Cola Company 2.18%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.18%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.15%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2.14%

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On the same fields

DFUV
Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF
FTCS
First Trust Capital Strength ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +26.8% +4.1%
Expense ratio 0.21% 0.53%
Already in the S&P 500 79.0% 99.9%
Holdings 1332 50
Net assets, DFUV as of Jul 31, 2026 and FTCS as of Oct 9, 2026 $15.4bn $7.5bn

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

About DFUV

DFUV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.21% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 79% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,332 positions, with the top ten at 25.9%.

About FTCS

FTCS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +4.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.53% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 22.6%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFUV or FTCS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFUV returned +26.8% and FTCS +4.1%.
Which is cheaper, DFUV or FTCS?
DFUV is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFUV and FTCS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 79% of DFUV and 100% of FTCS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗FTCS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTCS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTCS ↗

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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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