DFLV vs MFSV: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF

DFLVANYSE Arca

MFS Active Value ETF

MFSVBNYSE

Overlap

30.7%by weight

Expense ratio

DFLV −0.23pt a year

DFLV0.21%MFSV0.44%

Avg volume · 30D

DFLV 6.1×the volume

DFLV658KMFSV108K

DFLV vs MFSV Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+29.3%DFLV+17.8%MFSV

Expense ratio: DFLV 0.21%, better; MFSV 0.44%
Fund size: DFLV $7.39B; MFSV $669M
1Y total return: DFLV +29.3%, better; MFSV +17.8%
Yield (12M): DFLV 1.35%, better; MFSV 1.33%
Holdings: DFLV 336; MFSV 63
Avg volume (30D): DFLV 658K sh, better; MFSV 108K sh
NAV per share: DFLV $41.80; MFSV $29.77
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DFLV, MFSV, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DFLV	MFSV
Cost30% weight	A92Higher	B67
Mission25% weight	Not scored	Not scored
Risk15% weight	A76Higher	A70
Tradability15% weight	A83Higher	B61
Holdings10% weight	A78Higher	B57
Durability5% weight	A83Higher	B58

Rank among US Active Value funds

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Same Category. DFLV and MFSV are both graded against the same 64 US Active Value funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Active Value⁠

Category · 64 funds

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DFLV ranks 4th and MFSV 14th of 64 funds in the US Active Value Category.

Rank 1AAVLVAvantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETFScore 86
Rank 1AWTVWisdomTree U.S. Value FundScore 86
Rank 3ASEIVSEI QiM U.S. Large Cap Value Active ETFScore 85
Rank 4ADFLVDimensional US Large Cap Value ETFScore 84
Rank 5AAVMVAvantis U.S. Mid Cap Value ETFScore 79
Rank 14BJAVAJPMorgan Active Value ETFScore 64
Rank 14BMFSVMFS Active Value ETFScore 64
Rank 17BESLVEventide Large Cap Value ETFScore 63

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DFLVADimensional US Large Cap Value ETF

MFSVBMFS Active Value ETF

In short

DFLV Dimensional's value playbook in an ETF wrapper: large-cap value that also screens for profitability, spread across roughly 300 names, run by research rather than an index. Active by design, index-fund cheap in practice.

MFSV No data

Stated mandate

DFLV The ETF seeks long-term capital appreciation. Its investment approach combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading, emphasizing long-term expected-return drivers and broad diversification.

MFSV No data

Why people hold it

DFLV Costs 0.21% a year, well under half the 0.55% median for US value funds in its peer group. Active management without the active price tag.
Cheap alone doesn't get you in. The portfolio screens on value and profitability together, a filter aimed at cut-rate stocks that actually earn money.
No index to shadow. Dimensional can trade on its own schedule and spreads the money across about 300 large-cap names instead of a handful of bets.
Sits in the top tier of the US value funds we grade, and it is a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.

MFSV No data

Worth knowing

DFLV Not the cheapest seat in the room: AVLV and SEIV run 0.15%, WTV 0.12%. You're paying a bit more for Dimensional's process.
Being benchmark-free cuts both ways. With no index to measure against, there is no tracking-error scoreboard, and outcomes ride on the manager's judgment.
Launched in December 2022, so the ETF's own record is short, and a value tilt behaves differently from the broad market. It pays quarterly.

MFSV No data

Full DFLV profile⁠

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DFLV vs MFSV Holdings

How DFLV and MFSV differ

Overlap by weight

30.7%

Shared holdings make up 57.4% of MFSV and 32.2% of DFLV.

Level by level

Holdings33 in both30.7%
Sector11 Sectors80.1%
Countryby domicile98.2%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in DFLV and MFSV, widest gap first
Sector	More in DFLVMore in MFSV	DFLV	MFSV
Utilities	MFSV +8.3 points	0.0%	8.3%
Energy	DFLV +7.6 points	14.9%	7.3%
Technology	MFSV +7.0 points	9.1%	16.1%
Communication	DFLV +6.1 points	7.0%	0.8%
Materials	DFLV +6.0 points	6.8%	0.8%
Consumer Discretionary	MFSV +1.4 points	8.4%	9.8%
Real Estate	MFSV +1.2 points	0.4%	1.6%
Health Care	MFSV +0.9 points	14.0%	14.9%
Financials	MFSV +0.7 points	21.7%	22.4%
Industrials	MFSV +0.5 points	12.9%	13.4%
Consumer Staples	DFLV +0.1 points	4.8%	4.7%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DFLV and MFSV, widest gap first
Country	More in DFLVMore in MFSV	DFLV	MFSV
United States	MFSV +1.5 points	98.0%	99.5%
Switzerland	DFLV +0.8 points	0.8%	0.0%
China	DFLV +0.8 points	0.8%	0.0%
Other countries (3)	MFSV +0.1 points	0.4%	0.5%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DFLV25.0%
MFSV32.6%

Securities held

DFLV335
MFSV62

Asset class

DFLV: Equity
MFSV: Equity

Holdings

Only in DFLV302
In both33
Only in MFSV29

Only in DFLV

302 securities, 67.8% of DFLV by weight

Meta Platforms Inc2.07%
Berkshire Hathaway Cl-B2.00%
UnitedHealth Group Inc.1.60%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.1.34%
New Linde PLC1.29%
Thermo Fisher Scientific.1.07%
Verizon Communications1.06%
Hewlett-Packard Enterpris0.96%
Eog Resources Inc.0.90%
Intel Corp0.88%
Norfolk Southern Corp.0.87%
Newmont Corp0.87%
General Motors0.87%
Deere & Co.0.81%
Csx Corp0.79%
Te Connectivity PLC0.78%
Slb Ltd0.78%
Merck & Company Inc0.77%
Fedex Corp0.75%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.0.75%
AT&T Inc.0.72%
Target Corp.0.71%
Allstate Corp.0.71%
Phillips 660.70%
Freeport-Mcmoran Inc.0.69%
Metlife Inc.0.65%
Occidental Petroleum Corp0.65%
Republic Services Inc0.64%
Emerson Elec Co0.63%
Delta Air Lines Inc.0.62%
United Rentals Inc.0.61%
Comcast Corp New Class A0.59%
Valero Energy Corp0.59%
Northrop Grumman Corp.0.58%
Alphabet Inc0.57%
Nucor Corp.0.56%
Crh PLC0.56%
Cummins Inc0.56%
Baker Hughes Co0.56%
Oneok Inc0.55%
Ford Motor Co0.52%
Bank of New York Mellon0.50%
Chubb Limited0.49%
Air Products & Chemicals0.49%
International Business Ma0.47%
Diamondback Energy Inc0.47%
Ametek Inc0.47%
Devon Energy Corp.0.47%
Kroger Co.0.45%
Citigroup Inc.0.42%

Only in MFSV

29 securities, 41.8% of MFSV by weight

Microsoftcorp5.48%
Apple Inc3.13%
Duke Energy Corp2.06%
Mckesson Corp1.89%
Union Pacific Corp1.88%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings In1.77%
Aon PLC Class A1.73%
Dominion Energy Inc1.68%
AbbVie Inc1.61%
American Express Co1.55%
Alliant Energy Corp1.46%
Prologis Inc1.46%
Kkr & Co Inc1.46%
Boeing Co/The1.46%
Southern Co/The1.42%
Home Depotinc1.42%
Kla Corp1.25%
Kimberly Clark Corp1.16%
Xcel Energy Inc1.15%
Philip Morris International1.09%
Cms Energycorp0.93%
Ebay Inc0.93%
Texas Instruments Inc0.86%
Crh PLC0.78%
Coca Colaeuropacific Partne0.55%
Lpl Financial Holdings Inc0.48%
Medline Inc Class A0.42%
Tjx Companies Inc0.37%
Elevance Health Inc0.34%

Weight gaps

All 33 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in DFLV and MFSV, widest gap first
Holding	More in DFLVMore in MFSV	DFLV	MFSV
Cigna Group/TheCI	MFSV +2.08 points	0.69%	2.77%
Nasdaq IncNDAQ	MFSV +1.91 points	0.01%	1.92%
Progressive CorpPGR	MFSV +1.89 points	0.07%	1.96%
Eaton Corp PLCETN	MFSV +1.31 points	0.06%	1.37%
Bank of America CorpBAC	MFSV +1.29 points	0.72%	2.01%
Equifax IncEFX	MFSV +1.29 points	0.06%	1.35%
Ingersoll Rand IncIR	MFSV +1.22 points	0.17%	1.39%
ConocophillipsCOP	MFSV +1.19 points	1.09%	2.28%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	MFSV +1.15 points	0.72%	1.87%
Analog Devices Inc.ADI	MFSV +1.14 points	0.77%	1.91%
General Dynamics Corp.GD	MFSV +1.11 points	0.49%	1.60%
Rtx CorpRTX	MFSV +1.11 points	1.09%	2.20%
Hartford Insurance GroupHIG	MFSV +0.98 points	0.42%	1.40%
Morgan StanleyMS	MFSV +0.92 points	0.95%	1.87%
Boston Scientific Corp.BSX	MFSV +0.91 points	0.13%	1.04%
Travelers Companies Inc.TRV	MFSV +0.88 points	0.92%	1.80%
Exxonmobil Holdings CorpXOM	DFLV +0.81 points	4.09%	3.28%
Steris PLCSTE	MFSV +0.81 points	0.16%	0.97%
Honeywell International IHON	MFSV +0.80 points	0.09%	0.89%
Nxp Semiconductors NVNXPI	MFSV +0.80 points	0.67%	1.47%
Wells Fargo & Co.WFC	MFSV +0.73 points	1.04%	1.77%
Paccar Inc.PCAR	MFSV +0.60 points	0.40%	1.00%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	MFSV +0.58 points	1.07%	1.65%
Pfizer Inc.PFE	MFSV +0.51 points	0.91%	1.42%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	DFLV +0.50 points	4.50%	4.00%
Mondelez IntlMDLZ	MFSV +0.46 points	0.54%	1.00%
Amazon.com Inc.AMZN	MFSV +0.32 points	4.66%	4.98%
Chevron Corp.CVX	MFSV +0.29 points	2.12%	2.41%
Humana IncorporatedHUM	MFSV +0.29 points	0.32%	0.61%
Salesforce IncCRM	MFSV +0.16 points	0.75%	0.91%
Medtronic PLCMDT	DFLV +0.07 points	0.48%	0.41%
Procter & Gamble Co/ThePG	DFLV +0.03 points	1.31%	1.28%
Alphabet Inc - Class AGOOGL	DFLV +0.03 points	0.68%	0.65%

All 343 DFLV holdings⁠All MFSV 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.

DFLV vs MFSV Cost

Overpaying MFSV vs DFLV

$4,495

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

DFLV 0.21%
$4,357
MFSV 0.44%
$8,852

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DFLV 0.21%
MFSV 0.44%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DFLV	MFSV	Overpaying
10	$383	$794	$411
20	$1,491	$3,061	$1,570
30	$4,357	$8,852	$4,495

Expense ratio

0.21%DFLV, cheaper
0.44%MFSV

DFLV0.21%MFSV0.44%

0.12%1.25%

Middle half of US Active Value funds
Median 0.54%

DFLV 6th cheapest of 64 funds

MFSV 21st cheapest of 64 funds

DFLV vs MFSV Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): DFLV 1.35%, better; MFSV 1.33%
Payout (12M): DFLV $0.57; MFSV $0.40
Last payment: DFLV $0.16; MFSV $0.09
Ex-dividend: DFLV Sep 22, 2026; MFSV Sep 24, 2026
Paid on: DFLV Sep 24, 2026; MFSV Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: DFLV Quarterly; MFSV Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2022 to 2026, same scale for both

DFLVQuarterly · 16 paymentsAll DFLV payments⁠

MFSVQuarterly · 8 paymentsAll MFSV payments⁠

DFLV vs MFSV Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DFLV 12.3%MFSV 10.2%since Jan 2025
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DFLV 1.38MFSV 1.02since Jan 2025
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DFLV −16.8%since Dec 2022MFSV −12.7%since Dec 2024
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DFLV 0.80MFSV 0.34; Market = 1

DFLV and MFSV in the news

All news⁠

Filings Digest
Global X Small Modular Reactor ETF, SMRZ, went effective, and the firm says it launched
Oct 16, 2026MFSV

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DFLV vs MFSV

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How DFLV and MFSV differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DFLV

Only in MFSV

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

Global X Small Modular Reactor ETF, SMRZ, went effective, and the firm says it launched

How DFLV and MFSV differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DFLV

Only in MFSV

Weight gaps