ETF comparison
AVUV vs DFAT
Both US Small Cap.
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF · Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF
Holdings overlap
639 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVUV and DFAT would leave roughly 38.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AVUV is 3 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for DFAT.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AVUV vs DFAT.
Top shared holdings
639 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVUV | In DFAT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryder System Inc | 0.61% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 2 | Jackson Financial Inc | 0.52% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 3 | Avnet Inc | 0.79% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 4 | Lear Corp | 0.85% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 5 | NOV Inc | 0.69% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 6 | Matador Resources Co | 0.32% | 0.41% | 0.32% |
| 7 | Columbia Banking System Inc | 0.46% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 8 | Taylor Morrison Home Corp | 0.36% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 9 | Murphy Oil Corp | 0.56% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 10 | MGIC Investment Corp | 0.49% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 11 | CNX Resources Corp | 0.62% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 12 | Valaris Ltd | 0.58% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
Only in AVUV
135 total- Five Below Inc 0.97%
- Air Lease Corp 0.69%
- Weatherford International PLC 0.66%
- Granite Construction Inc 0.56%
- Cheesecake Factory Inc/The 0.40%
- YETI Holdings Inc 0.39%
- Lantheus Holdings Inc 0.37%
- Oscar Health Inc 0.34%
- Iridium Communications Inc 0.29%
- Victoria's Secret & Co 0.29%
Only in DFAT
636 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 5.87%
- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.89%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.86%
- CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.82%
- OVINTIV INC. 0.73%
- APA CORPORATION 0.73%
- VIATRIS INC. 0.71%
- TD SYNNEX CORPORATION 0.67%
- BALL CORPORATION 0.67%
- TOLL BROTHERS, INC. 0.64%
Open AVUV or DFAT at a brokerage
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.