ETF comparison
DFAC vs ESGV
Both US Total Market.
DFA U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF
Holdings overlap
1,034 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAC and ESGV would leave roughly 62.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ESGV is 9 bps cheaper than DFAC. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for DFAC.
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 DFAC vs ESGV.
Top shared holdings
1,034 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAC | In ESGV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 5.27% | 8.61% | 5.27% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 5.12% | 7.66% | 5.12% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.41% | 6.30% | 4.41% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.14% | 4.21% | 3.14% |
| 5 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.73% | 2.10% | 1.73% |
| 6 | ALPHABET INC. | 1.69% | 3.30% | 1.69% |
| 7 | BROADCOM INC. | 1.18% | 2.88% | 1.18% |
| 8 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.09% | 1.59% | 1.09% |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1.09% | 1.81% | 1.09% |
| 10 | ALPHABET INC. | 1.09% | 2.67% | 1.09% |
| 11 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.05% | 1.54% | 1.05% |
| 12 | VISA INC. | 0.70% | 1.05% | 0.70% |
Only in DFAC
1,511 total- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.84%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.82%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 0.75%
- CHEVRON CORPORATION 0.52%
- CATERPILLAR INC. 0.43%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.32%
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.31%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0.29%
- WALMART INC. 0.28%
- RTX CORPORATION 0.27%
Only in ESGV
190 total- Welltower Inc 0.28%
- Prologis Inc 0.22%
- Accenture PLC 0.19%
- Equinix Inc 0.17%
- MercadoLibre Inc 0.15%
- American Tower Corp 0.14%
- Simon Property Group Inc 0.11%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.11%
- Realty Income Corp 0.10%
- Public Storage 0.09%
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