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Schwab and Vanguard charge the same 0.03%. Their small-cap funds are 3.7 percentage points apart
U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio: ETF Class Shares
$50.07+0.12 (+0.25%)
- 0.33%
- $1.9B
- 0M sh
- $50.01
- low $48.24high $54.03
The ETF.net DUSG Grade
A
Score 73 out of 100
- 4 of 41
Score 73 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.A84 out of 100Rank 7 of 41Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B59 out of 100Rank 15 of 38Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B55 out of 100Rank 18 of 41Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A81 out of 100Rank 5 of 41Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A92 out of 100Rank 3 of 41
Our read on DUSG
AA Dimensional small-cap growth strategy that finally got a ticker. DUSG is an exchange-traded share class of a portfolio running since 2012, screening small US companies for high profitability and cheaper relative price.
The Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Not a startup fund with a launch-day portfolio. The underlying strategy has run since 2012, and the ETF class is a new door into the same book of stocks.businesswire.com
- The screen does two jobs at once: small-cap growth companies, filtered for high profitability and lower relative price, instead of whatever the index says is popular.dimensional.com
- 0.33% a year for a systematically managed factor strategy, sitting right around the middle of the multifactor pack rather than at the premium end.
- Broad and diversified by design, holding a wide sweep of US small caps in a billion-dollar-plus portfolio, not a handful of high-conviction names.dimensional.com
Worth knowing
- It trades thinly. Light volume can mean wider gaps between the bid and the ask than you get with the household-name index ETFs.
- Distributions land once or twice a year, not monthly. The stated job here is long-term capital appreciation, not a paycheck.
- Fair pricing, not bargain pricing: broad US growth exposure in the same peer group costs far less (IUSG, 0.04%), minus the small-cap and profitability screens.
DUSG Holdings
- Stocks
- 573
- 7%
- HALO
Sectors
- Industrials22.1%
- Technology19.2%
- Consumer Discretionary17.7%
- Health Care13.0%
- Financials10.0%
- Materials5.5%
- Consumer Staples5.2%
- Energy3.8%
- Communication3.0%
- Real Estate0.3%
- Utilities0.2%
Geography
- United States96.75%
- Ireland1.18%
- United Kingdom0.62%
- Sweden0.43%
- Bermuda0.24%
- Canada0.20%
- Singapore0.18%
- Bahamas0.16%
- 0.23%
DUSG Performance
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DUSG$9,695
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 | DUSG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | −1.7% |
| 3 months | −3.1% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | DUSG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.2% |
DUSG in the news
DUSG Dividends
- $0.07 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
DUSG Risk
- —
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.
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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.
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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.
- 1.05
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DUSG Cost
0.33%
DUSG0.33%
- The middle half of US Active Small-Cap funds
- Median 0.55%
6 of the 39 US Active Small-Cap funds charge less.
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