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DSTL vs VFMF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DSTL and VFMF hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and VFMF returned +29.9% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF, and $1.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF.

VFMF costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.3 points.

DSTLVFMF
Expense ratio0.39%0.18%
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026$2.1bn$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year+14.6%+29.9%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund20.0%8.9%
Below its high6.5%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+14.6%
DSTL total return, 1 year
+29.9%
VFMF total return, 1 year
0.39%
DSTL expense ratio
0.18%
VFMF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DSTL and VFMF hold 11% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DSTL VFMF
Altria Group Inc 1.59% 0.83%
Merck & Co Inc 2.94% 0.81%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.91% 0.77%
AbbVie Inc 3.35% 0.74%
McKesson Corp 0.98% 0.64%
Adobe Inc 1.32% 0.54%
Cencora Inc 0.75% 0.46%
BorgWarner Inc 1.04% 0.34%
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 0.36% 0.30%
TechnipFMC PLC 0.87% 0.29%
Cigna Group/The 1.51% 0.27%
Incyte Corp 1.04% 0.25%
Only in DSTL
Booking Holdings Inc 1.81%
Uber Technologies Inc 1.75%
Salesforce Inc 1.71%
T-Mobile US Inc 1.51%
Comcast Corp 1.50%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.40%
Abbott Laboratories 1.31%
Automatic Data Processing Inc 1.28%
Only in VFMF
Micron Technology Inc 1.25%
Newmont Corp 0.89%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.88%
ConocoPhillips 0.86%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The 0.86%
EOG Resources Inc 0.84%
Travelers Cos Inc/The 0.83%
Cisco Systems Inc 0.83%

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On the same fields

DSTL
Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability & Value ETF
VFMF
Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Distillate Capital Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +14.6% +29.9%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −2.7 pts +12.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 76.9% 46.8%
Holdings 107 613
Net assets, DSTL as of Jun 30, 2026 and VFMF as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.1bn $1.1bn

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

DSTL in plain words

DSTL is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 77% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 107 positions, with the top ten at 20.0%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VFMF in plain words

VFMF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +29.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 47% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 613 positions, with the top ten at 8.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DSTL or VFMF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DSTL returned +14.6% and VFMF +29.9%.
Which is cheaper, DSTL or VFMF?
VFMF is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DSTL and VFMF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 77% of DSTL and 47% of VFMF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DSTL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DSTL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VFMF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFMF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VFMF ↗

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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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