BRCE vs DFAU: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

MFS Blended Research Core Equity ETF

BRCEBNYSE

Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF

DFAUANYSE Arca

Overlap

47.8%by weight

Expense ratio

DFAU −0.12pt a year

BRCE0.24%DFAU0.12%

Avg volume · 30D

DFAU 51.7×the volume

BRCE10.6KDFAU547K

BRCE vs DFAU Performance

Nov 7, 2025 – Nov 9, 2026

+16.3%BRCE+14.5%DFAU

Expense ratio: BRCE 0.24%; DFAU 0.12%, better
Fund size: BRCE $56M; DFAU $12.6B
1Y total return: BRCE +16.3%, better; DFAU +14.5%
Yield (12M): BRCE No data; DFAU 0.91%
Holdings: BRCE 110; DFAU 2163
Avg volume (30D): BRCE 10.6K sh; DFAU 547K sh, better
NAV per share: BRCE $28.63; DFAU $50.91
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for BRCE, DFAU, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	BRCE	DFAU
Cost30% weight	A89	A97Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	A84
Risk15% weight	A72Higher	B63
Tradability15% weight	D37	A87Higher
Holdings10% weight	B67	A84Higher
Durability5% weight	D37	A91Higher

Rank among US Active Equity funds

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Same Category. BRCE and DFAU are both graded against the same 121 US Active Equity funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Active Equity⁠

Category · 121 funds

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DFAU ranks 2nd and BRCE 26th of 121 funds in the US Active Equity Category.

Rank 1AAVLCAvantis U.S. Large Cap Equity ETFScore 87
Rank 2ADFAUDimensional US Core Equity Market ETFScore 86
Rank 3ADFACDimensional US Core Equity 2 ETFScore 85
Rank 26BBLCRiShares Large Cap Core Active ETFScore 68
Rank 26BBRCEMFS Blended Research Core Equity ETFScore 68
Rank 26BLCAPPrincipal Capital Appreciation Select ETFScore 68

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

BRCEBMFS Blended Research Core Equity ETF

DFAUADimensional US Core Equity Market ETF

In short

BRCE No data

DFAU Active 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.

Stated mandate

BRCE No data

DFAU 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

BRCE No data

DFAU 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

BRCE No data

DFAU 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.

Full BRCE profile⁠

Full DFAU profile⁠

BRCE vs DFAU Holdings

How BRCE and DFAU differ

Overlap by weight

47.8%

Shared holdings make up 96.0% of BRCE and 54.2% of DFAU.

Level by level

Holdings101 in both47.8%
Countryby domicile94.3%
Sector11 Sectors95.3%
Asset classStocks100%

Sector

Sector weights in BRCE and DFAU, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	BRCE	DFAU
Technology	BRCE +2.2 points	36.9%	34.7%
Consumer Discretionary	DFAU +1.6 points	8.6%	10.2%
Materials	DFAU +1.3 points	1.0%	2.3%
Energy	DFAU +1.1 points	3.4%	4.5%
Real Estate	BRCE +0.9 points	1.0%	0.1%
Health Care	BRCE +0.8 points	11.1%	10.3%
Industrials	DFAU +0.6 points	8.7%	9.3%
Communication	BRCE +0.5 points	8.3%	7.8%
Consumer Staples	BRCE +0.2 points	5.2%	5.0%
Utilities	BRCE +0.2 points	2.4%	2.2%
Financials	DFAU +0.1 points	13.5%	13.6%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in BRCE and DFAU, widest gap first
Country	Gap	BRCE	DFAU
United States	DFAU +5.4 points	93.9%	99.3%
Bermuda	BRCE +2.1 points	2.1%	0.0%
Ireland	BRCE +1.7 points	1.7%	0.0%
Puerto Rico	BRCE +0.8 points	0.8%	0.0%
Other countries (10)	BRCE +0.9 points	1.5%	0.6%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

BRCE39.7%
DFAU33.3%

Securities held

BRCE109
DFAU2,161

Asset class

BRCE: Stocks
DFAU: Stocks

Holdings

Only in BRCE8
In both101
Only in DFAU2,060

Only in BRCE

8 securities, 3.7% of BRCE by weight

Viking Holdings Ltd1.47%
Everest Group Ltd0.63%
Wp Carey Inc0.52%
Space Exploration Techn Class A0.35%
Prologis Inc0.27%
Crh PLC0.24%
Costar Group Inc0.19%
Draftkingsinc Class A0.09%

Only in DFAU

2,060 securities, 45.7% of DFAU by weight

Walmart Inc.0.74%
Procter & Gamble Co/The0.56%
Merck & Company Inc0.56%
Home Depot Inc0.50%
Coca Cola Co.0.49%
Cisco Systems Inc.0.49%
General Electric Company0.41%
UnitedHealth Group Inc.0.40%
Amgen Inc0.37%
International Business Ma0.35%
Wells Fargo & Co.0.35%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.0.34%
Oracle Corp.0.33%
Texas Instruments Inc.0.33%
Verizon Communications0.33%
New Linde PLC0.32%
Caterpillar Inc.0.32%
Morgan Stanley0.29%
American Express Co.0.27%
Walt Disney Co/The0.24%
Mcdonald's Corp.0.23%
Nextera Energy Inc0.22%
Deere & Co.0.22%
Analog Devices Inc.0.21%
AT&T Inc.0.21%
Abbott Laboratories0.20%
Travelers Companies Inc.0.20%
BlackRock Funding Inc/De0.19%
Accenture PLC0.19%
Eog Resources Inc.0.18%
Progressive Corp0.18%
The Charles Schwab Corp.0.18%
Lockheed Martin Corp.0.18%
Intercontinental Exchange0.18%
Phillips 660.17%
General Motors0.17%
3M Co.0.17%
Palo Alto Networks Inc0.17%
Royal Caribbean Cruises0.17%
S&P Global Inc0.17%
Motorola Solutions Inc.0.17%
Danaher Corp.0.17%
Medtronic PLC0.17%
Western Digital0.16%
Csx Corp0.16%
Mondelez Intl0.16%
Target Corp.0.16%
Sherwin-Williams Co0.16%
Automatic Data Processing0.16%
Allstate Corp.0.15%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 101 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in BRCE and DFAU, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	BRCE	DFAU
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	BRCE +2.12 points	8.32%	6.20%
Mastercardinc AMA	BRCE +1.71 points	2.45%	0.74%
Pfizer IncPFE	BRCE +1.56 points	1.76%	0.20%
Valero Energy CorpVLO	BRCE +1.54 points	1.70%	0.16%
Northern Trust CorpNTRS	BRCE +1.51 points	1.57%	0.06%
SalesforceincCRM	BRCE +1.44 points	1.67%	0.23%
Colgate Palmolive CoCL	BRCE +1.41 points	1.53%	0.12%
Johnson +johnsonJNJ	BRCE +1.40 points	2.22%	0.82%
Monster Beverage CorpMNST	BRCE +1.38 points	1.50%	0.12%
Philip Morris InternationalPM	BRCE +1.31 points	1.68%	0.37%
Ge VernovaincGEV	BRCE +1.31 points	1.49%	0.18%
General Dynamics CorpGD	BRCE +1.30 points	1.39%	0.09%
The CignagroupCI	BRCE +1.28 points	1.43%	0.15%
CitigroupincC	BRCE +1.16 points	1.40%	0.24%
Edison InternationalEIX	BRCE +1.13 points	1.17%	0.04%
Union Pacific CorpUNP	BRCE +1.05 points	1.30%	0.25%
Trane Technologies PLCTT	BRCE +1.00 points	1.11%	0.11%
Gilead Sciences IncGILD	BRCE +1.00 points	1.31%	0.31%
Arista Networks IncANET	BRCE +1.00 points	1.20%	0.20%
P G & E CorpPCG	BRCE +0.99 points	1.04%	0.05%
Visa Inc Class A SharesV	BRCE +0.98 points	2.01%	1.03%
Equitableholdings IncEQH	BRCE +0.98 points	1.00%	0.02%
Autodesk IncADSK	BRCE +0.97 points	1.07%	0.10%
Dexcom IncDXCM	BRCE +0.96 points	1.01%	0.05%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	DFAU +0.91 points	0.32%	1.23%
Exxonmobilholdings CorpXOM	DFAU +0.89 points	0.12%	1.01%
Eli Lilly+ CoLLY	DFAU +0.89 points	0.60%	1.49%
Amazon.comincAMZN	BRCE +0.82 points	4.31%	3.49%
Palantir Technologies Inc APLTR	BRCE +0.82 points	1.16%	0.34%
Tjx Companies IncTJX	BRCE +0.81 points	1.01%	0.20%
Berkshirehathaway Inc Class BBRK.B	DFAU +0.81 points	0.46%	1.27%
AramarkARMK	BRCE +0.79 points	0.82%	0.03%
Tesla IncTSLA	DFAU +0.77 points	0.49%	1.26%
Popular IncBPOP	BRCE +0.76 points	0.78%	0.02%
Ameriprisefinancial IncAMP	BRCE +0.65 points	0.75%	0.10%
Bristol Myers Squibb CoBMY	BRCE +0.64 points	0.86%	0.22%
Apple IncAAPL	BRCE +0.54 points	7.81%	7.27%
Amphenol Corp Class AAPH	BRCE +0.54 points	0.77%	0.23%
Alphabet Inc Class AGOOGL	BRCE +0.50 points	2.74%	2.24%
Jacobs Solutions IncJ	BRCE +0.44 points	0.48%	0.04%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	DFAU +0.41 points	0.12%	0.53%
Comfort Systems Usa IncFIX	BRCE +0.42 points	0.48%	0.06%
Bank of America CorpBAC	BRCE +0.42 points	0.82%	0.40%
Broadcom IncAVGO	BRCE +0.42 points	2.23%	1.81%
Tko Groupholdings IncTKO	BRCE +0.41 points	0.43%	0.02%
Micron Technology IncMU	BRCE +0.40 points	1.65%	1.25%
MaplebearincCART	BRCE +0.39 points	0.42%	0.03%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	BRCE +0.39 points	0.68%	0.29%
SnowflakeincSNOW	BRCE +0.36 points	0.45%	0.09%
Marathon Petroleum CorpMPC	BRCE +0.36 points	0.53%	0.17%
O Reilly Automotive IncORLY	BRCE +0.34 points	0.46%	0.12%
Netflix IncNFLX	BRCE +0.33 points	0.59%	0.26%
Echostar Corp AECHO	BRCE +0.33 points	0.34%	<0.01%
Humana IncHUM	BRCE +0.33 points	0.41%	0.08%
MicrosoftcorpMSFT	DFAU +0.32 points	5.54%	5.86%
TechnipfmcplcFTI	BRCE +0.31 points	0.36%	0.05%
Fedex CorpFDX	BRCE +0.31 points	0.45%	0.14%
Chubb LtdCB	BRCE +0.31 points	0.47%	0.16%
Meta Platforms Inc Class AMETA	BRCE +0.29 points	2.11%	1.82%
Spotify Technology SASPOT	BRCE +0.27 points	0.34%	0.07%
Zoom Communications IncZM	BRCE +0.26 points	0.31%	0.04%
Alphabet Inc Class CGOOG	DFAU +0.26 points	1.59%	1.85%
Godaddy Inc Class AGDDY	BRCE +0.25 points	0.27%	0.02%
Smurfit Westrock PLCSW	BRCE +0.25 points	0.29%	0.04%
Kla CorpKLAC	BRCE +0.24 points	0.49%	0.25%
Dollar General CorpDG	BRCE +0.23 points	0.29%	0.06%
Thermo Fisher Scientific IncTMO	BRCE +0.21 points	0.49%	0.28%
Pepsico IncPEP	DFAU +0.21 points	0.06%	0.27%
Intel CorpINTC	DFAU +0.20 points	0.11%	0.31%
Freeport Mcmoran IncFCX	BRCE +0.18 points	0.31%	0.13%
Airbnb Incclass AABNB	BRCE +0.18 points	0.26%	0.08%
Sandisk CorpSNDK	BRCE +0.17 points	0.35%	0.18%
Seagate Technology HoldingsSTX	BRCE +0.17 points	0.31%	0.14%
Umb Financial CorpUMBF	BRCE +0.17 points	0.19%	0.02%
Cme GroupincCME	BRCE +0.17 points	0.28%	0.11%
Curtiss Wright CorpCW	BRCE +0.15 points	0.18%	0.03%
Textron IncTXT	BRCE +0.14 points	0.17%	0.03%
Pnc Financial Services GroupPNC	BRCE +0.13 points	0.24%	0.11%
Newmont CorpNEM	BRCE +0.14 points	0.34%	0.20%
Chevron CorpCVX	DFAU +0.13 points	0.41%	0.54%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	DFAU +0.13 points	0.19%	0.32%
Centene CorpCNC	BRCE +0.13 points	0.18%	0.05%
AlbemarlecorpALB	BRCE +0.12 points	0.14%	0.02%
Uber Technologies IncUBER	BRCE +0.11 points	0.25%	0.14%
Atmos Energy CorpATO	BRCE +0.10 points	0.14%	0.04%
Rtx CorpRTX	DFAU +0.10 points	0.21%	0.31%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncVRTX	DFAU +0.10 points	0.06%	0.16%
Verisk Analytics IncVRSK	BRCE +0.08 points	0.11%	0.03%
Biogen IncBIIB	BRCE +0.07 points	0.13%	0.06%
Datadog Inc Class ADDOG	BRCE +0.06 points	0.12%	0.06%
Eaton CorpplcETN	DFAU +0.05 points	0.10%	0.15%
Ford MotorcoF	BRCE +0.06 points	0.16%	0.10%
Raymond James Financial IncRJF	BRCE +0.05 points	0.11%	0.06%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	DFAU +0.04 points	0.80%	0.84%
Cognizanttech Solutions ACTSH	BRCE +0.04 points	0.10%	0.06%
ConocophillipsCOP	BRCE +0.04 points	0.31%	0.27%
Qualcomm IncQCOM	DFAU +0.03 points	0.24%	0.27%
T Mobile Us IncTMUS	DFAU +0.03 points	0.09%	0.12%
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHPE	BRCE +0.03 points	0.16%	0.13%
Parker Hannifin CorpPH	DFAU +0.03 points	0.11%	0.14%

All BRCE holdings⁠All 2,381 DFAU 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.

BRCE vs DFAU Cost

Overpaying BRCE vs DFAU

$2,439

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

BRCE 0.24%
$4,959
DFAU 0.12%
$2,520

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

BRCE 0.24%
DFAU 0.12%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	BRCE	DFAU	Overpaying
10	$437	$220	$217
20	$1,699	$859	$840
30	$4,959	$2,520	$2,439

Expense ratio

0.24%BRCE
0.12%DFAU, cheaper

DFAU0.12%BRCE0.24%

0.00%2.89%

Middle half of US Active Equity funds
Median 0.68%

DFAU 4th cheapest of 121 funds

BRCE 15th cheapest of 121 funds

BRCE vs DFAU Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): BRCE No data; DFAU 0.91%
Payout (12M): BRCE No data; DFAU $0.47
Last payment: BRCE $0.06; DFAU $0.12
Ex-dividend: BRCE Sep 24, 2026; DFAU Sep 22, 2026
Paid on: BRCE Sep 25, 2026; DFAU Sep 24, 2026
Frequency: BRCE Quarterly; DFAU Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2020 to 2026, same scale for both

BRCEQuarterly · 4 paymentsAll BRCE payments⁠

DFAUQuarterly · 24 paymentsAll DFAU payments⁠

BRCE vs DFAU Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: BRCE 12.6%since Nov 2025DFAU 12.4%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: BRCE 0.88since Nov 2025DFAU 1.38
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: BRCE −8.8%since Oct 2025DFAU −23.6%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: BRCE 0.91DFAU 1.01; Market = 1

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