Dimensional - US Core Equity Market ETF
$53.42+0.01 (+0.02%)
- 0.12%
- $13.1B
- +20.5%
- 0.88%
- 0.6M sh
- $53.42
- low $43.67high $53.95
The ETF.net DFAU Grade
A
Score 86 out of 100
- 1 of 127
Score 86 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A98 out of 100Rank 3 of 127Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A84 out of 100Rank 6 of 48Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B63 out of 100Rank 37 of 126Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A86 out of 100Rank 5 of 127Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A84 out of 100Rank 11 of 124Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A91 out of 100Rank 4 of 127
Our read on DFAU
AActive management priced like an index fund. Dimensional spreads across roughly 2,400 US stocks, then tilts the weights toward value, profitability and momentum instead of simply mirroring the Russell 3000.
Seeks long-term capital appreciation. It uses an integrated research, portfolio-design, management, and trading process to build a broadly diversified portfolio of U.S. companies while balancing long-term return drivers, risk, shorter-term considerations, and trading costs.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.12% a year, well under the 0.65% median for active US equity funds and the cheapest of the top-graded names in its group (AVLC, DFAC, FELC).
- Holds roughly 2,400 US companies, so no single name steers the fund. Whole-market coverage, not a concentrated bet.
- Active without the stock-picking drama: it leans weights toward value, profitability and momentum, using the Russell 3000 as its reference point rather than a rigid rulebook.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the strongest overall implementations in its active US equity peer group.
Worth knowing
- Those tilts cut both ways: results can drift from a plain Russell 3000 fund for long stretches, in either direction.
- No published index behind it. The trade-off for flexibility is that you're buying Dimensional's process, not a public set of rules you can check line by line.
- Distributions land quarterly, not monthly, and the mandate is long-term capital appreciation rather than income.
DFAU Holdings
- Stocks
- 2,208
- 35%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology37.4%
- Financials12.5%
- Consumer Discretionary9.2%
- Health Care9.2%
- Industrials8.9%
- Communication8.9%
- Energy4.6%
- Consumer Staples4.5%
- Materials2.6%
- Utilities2.1%
- Real Estate0.1%
Geography
- United States97.43%
- Ireland1.17%
- United Kingdom0.51%
- Switzerland0.30%
- Bermuda0.24%
- Netherlands0.11%
- Sweden0.08%
- Cayman Islands0.08%
- 0.08%
DFAU Performance
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DFAU$12,046
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DFAU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.9% |
| 1 month | +1.4% |
| 3 months | +2.6% |
| 1 year | +20.5% |
| 3 years | +22.2% |
| 5 years | +13.2% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DFAU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.9% | |
| 2025 | +16.8% | |
| 2024 | +23.2% | |
| 2023 | +24.8% | |
| 2022 | −17.0% | |
| 2021 | +26.9% | |
| 2020 | +6.0% |
DFAU in the news
DFAU Dividends
- 0.88%
- $0.47
- $0.12 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DFAU Risk
- 12.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.28
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −23.6%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.01
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFAU Cost
0.12%
DFAU0.12%
- The middle half of US Active Equity funds
- Median 0.70%
2 of the 123 US Active Equity funds charge less.
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- AAVLCAvantis U.S. Large Cap Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +24.3%
- ADYNFiShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETFExpense ratio 0.26%1 year return +22.7%
- ADFACDimensional - US Core Equity 2 ETFExpense ratio 0.21%1 year return +21.6%
- AFELCFidelity Enhanced Large Cap Core ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +22.4%
- AEBILongview Advantage ETFExpense ratio 0.34%1 year return +26.9%