Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF
$83.77−0.55 (−0.65%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Fund size
- $21.6B
- 1Y return
- +16.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.83%
- Holdings
- 2471
- Volume · 30D
- 0.7M sh
- NAV per share
- $84.29
- 52W range
The ETF.net DFUS Grade
Score 57 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 35Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 46Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 51Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 49Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 62Category rank
Our read on DFUS
BMost total-market funds just mirror an index. DFUS covers similar ground with tax written into the mandate itself: Dimensional aims for long-term capital appreciation while working to minimize federal income taxes.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation while also aiming to minimize federal income taxes.
Why people hold it
- The tax angle sits in the stated objective, not the marketing: long-term capital appreciation while aiming to minimize federal income taxes.dimensional.com
- Roughly 2,500 US stocks in a single line item, so broad-market coverage arrives without a basket of tickers to babysit.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so buying or selling rarely means hunting for the other side of the trade.
- The strategy's record runs back to 2001, and the portfolio holds closely to the broad US equity mandate it advertises.
Worth knowing
- At 0.09% a year, DFUS costs more than plain index rivals in the same aisle: VTI and ITOT run 0.03%, BBUS 0.02%.
- Minimizing taxes is an aim, not an outcome. The fund still distributes quarterly, and what you actually keep depends on your bracket and account type.
- US equity only. Anything outside the United States sits outside this fund's mandate.
DFUS Holdings
- Stocks
- 2,471
- 36%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology37.8%
- Financials12.6%
- Health Care9.7%
- Communication9.6%
- Consumer Discr.9.1%
- Industrials8.6%
- Cons. Staples4.4%
- Energy3.9%
- Materials2.3%
- Utilities2.0%
- Real Estate0.1%
Geography
- United States97.63%
- Ireland1.09%
- United Kingdom0.48%
- Switzerland0.29%
- Bermuda0.17%
- Sweden0.12%
- Netherlands0.08%
- Cayman Islands0.06%
- 0.07%
DFUS Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 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 | DFUS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.2% |
| 1 month | +0.8% |
| 3 months | +3.4% |
| 1 year | +16.9% |
| 3 years | +22.9% |
| 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 | DFUS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.2% | |
| 2025 | +17.5% | |
| 2024 | +24.3% | |
| 2023 | +26.4% | |
| 2022 | −18.3% | |
| 2021 | +11.9% |
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DFUS Dividends
- 0.83%
- $0.70
- $0.20 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $0.23 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Sep 19, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.23 |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Sep 22, 2023 | $0.16 |
DFUS Risk
- 13.3%
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.
- 1.16
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.
- −24.6%
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.
DFUS Cost
- The middle half of Total US Market funds
- Median 0.06%
6 of the 11 Total US Market funds charge less.