DFSU Fees and Costs — Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF
Data updated: 2026-09-24
The net expense ratio is 0.15%: a 0.14% management fee plus 0.01% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $34K in broker commissions, 0.0024% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 5%.
DFSU Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of DFSU. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.14% |
| 12b-1 fee | — |
| Other expenses | 0.01% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.15% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 0.15% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | No |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | Yes |
DFSU Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in DFSU, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $97 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.16% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.15%) | $16 | $50 | $87 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $1 | $1 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $2 | $9 |
| Total costs | $16 | $53 | $97 |
| Value after costs | $10,484 | $11,523 | $12,666 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
DFSU Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0024%
- Total broker commissions: $34K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $494.2M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 5%
- Securities on loan, average value: $35.8M
- Net income from securities lending: $68K (0.005% of average net assets)
DFSU Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferies LLC | $9K | 27.80% |
| Instinet, LLC | $8K | 24.75% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $7K | 20.92% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $5K | 14.95% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $2K | 5.75% |
| Loop Capital Markets LLC | $800 | 2.34% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $713 | 2.09% |
| Rosenblatt Securities Inc. | $396 | 1.16% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $45 | 0.13% |
| JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC | $38 | 0.11% |
DFSU Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $183.4M | 37.12% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $93.5M | 18.91% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $73.0M | 14.77% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $55.6M | 11.26% |
| Jane Street Capital, LLC | $39.0M | 7.90% |
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | $38.6M | 7.82% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $7.3M | 1.47% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $3.8M | 0.77% |
For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.