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AIMS vs DUSG

Acuitas Small Cap Active ETF

AIMSDNasdaq

U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio: ETF Class Shares

DUSGANasdaq

Overlap

Expense ratio

DUSG −0.42pt a year

AIMS0.75%DUSG0.33%

Avg volume · 30D

DUSG 1.2×the volume

AIMS4.73KDUSG5.89K

AIMS vs DUSG Performance

Aug 7, 2026 – Nov 9, 2026

−6.3%AIMS−3.7%DUSG

Aug 7, 2026 to Nov 9, 2026. AIMS −6.3%. DUSG −3.7%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−8%−2%0%Aug 2026Sep 2026Nov 2026
Expense ratio
AIMS 0.75%
DUSG 0.33%, better
Fund size
AIMS $81M
DUSG $1.91B
Holdings
AIMS 284
DUSG 594
Avg volume (30D)
AIMS 4.73K sh
DUSG 5.89K sh, better
NAV per share
AIMS $26.26
DUSG $50.07
52W range

ETF.net Grade

AIMS: Cost 23, Risk 44, Mission not scored, Tradability 39, Holdings 63, Durability 45. DUSG: Cost 85, Risk 63, Mission not scored, Tradability 65, Holdings 79, Durability 93.
Pillar letters and Scores for AIMS, DUSG, with each pillar’s weight
PillarAIMSDUSG
Cost30% weightF23A85Higher
Mission25% weightNot scoredNot scored
Risk15% weightC44B63Higher
Tradability15% weightD39B65Higher
Holdings10% weightB63A79Higher
Durability5% weightC45A93Higher

Rank among US Active Small-Cap funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. AIMS and DUSG are both graded against the same 39 US Active Small-Cap funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Active Small-Cap⁠

Category · 39 funds
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DUSG ranks 4th and AIMS 28th of 39 funds in the US Active Small-Cap Category.

  1. Rank 1AAVSCAvantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETFScore 88
  2. Rank 2AFESMFidelity Enhanced Small Cap ETFScore 86
  3. Rank 3ADFSVU.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio ETF Class SharesScore 82
  4. Rank 4ADUSGU.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio: ETF Class SharesScore 76
  5. Rank 5AJSMLJanus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETFScore 72
  6. Rank 27CAFSCabrdn Focused U.S. Small Cap Active ETFScore 40
  7. Rank 28DAIMSAcuitas Small Cap Active ETFScore 37
  8. Rank 29DBUSMEA Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company Market ETFScore 35

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

AIMSDAcuitas Small Cap Active ETF

DUSGAU.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio: ETF Class Shares

In short

AIMS A Seattle boutique's institutional playbook in one ticker: AIMS blends model portfolios from several specialist small and microcap managers, and deliberately declines to drift up into midcaps.

DUSG A 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.

Stated mandate

AIMS The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

DUSG The Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Why people hold it

  • AIMS Multi-manager by design: Acuitas allocates across a curated group of institutional small cap managers and blends their models, rather than riding one stockpicker.acuitasfunds.comglobenewswire.com
  • Stays genuinely small. The fund is benchmarked to the Russell 2000 and built to hold true small caps, with room for microcaps, instead of drifting up into midcaps.globenewswire.comacuitasfunds.com
  • One mandate, plain and simple: long-term capital appreciation from equities, held in a standard 1940 Act fund wrapper.
  • DUSG 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

  • AIMS Costs 0.75% a year, above the roughly 0.52% cohort median for active small cap ETFs and well north of the 0.25% charged by AVUV and AVSC.
  • Launched in 2026, so the ETF record is short, and the fund is non-diversified, meaning individual positions can swing it more than a broad index would.usnews.com
  • Volume is light next to the category's household names, so intraday spreads can run wider.
  • DUSG 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.

Full AIMS profile⁠

Full DUSG profile⁠

AIMS vs DUSG Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

AIMS vs DUSG Cost

Overpaying AIMS vs DUSG

$7,745

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • AIMS 0.75%

    $14,482

  • DUSG 0.33%

    $6,737

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • AIMS 0.75%
  • DUSG 0.33%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K051015202530AIMS $14,482DUSG $6,737

Year by year

YearAIMSDUSGOverpaying
10$1,336$598$738
20$5,078$2,318$2,760
30$14,482$6,737$7,745

Expense ratio

  • 0.75%AIMS
  • 0.33%DUSG, cheaper
  • Middle half of US Active Small-Cap funds
  • Median 0.55%

DUSG 7th cheapest of 39 funds

AIMS 29th cheapest of 39 funds

AIMS vs DUSG Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026
Payout (12M)
AIMS None
DUSG No data
Last payment
AIMS No data
DUSG $0.07
Ex-dividend
AIMS No data
DUSG Sep 29, 2026
Paid on
AIMS No data
DUSG Oct 1, 2026
Frequency
AIMS No data
DUSG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2026, same scale for both

AIMSAll AIMS payments⁠

No distribution history available.

DUSGQuarterly · 2 paymentsAll DUSG payments⁠
One bar per payment. 2 payments in 2026 YTD. Jun 29, 2026 $0.07; Sep 29, 2026 $0.07. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.052026YTD

AIMS vs DUSG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
AIMS 0.87DUSG 1.05

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