ETF comparison
DFAC vs VTHR
Both US Total Market.
DFA U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Russell 3000 Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,271 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAC and VTHR would leave roughly 73.0% 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
VTHR is 12 bps cheaper than DFAC. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/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 VTHR.
Top shared holdings
2,271 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAC | In VTHR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 5.27% | 6.96% | 5.27% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 5.12% | 6.19% | 5.12% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.41% | 5.09% | 4.41% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.14% | 3.40% | 3.14% |
| 5 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.73% | 1.70% | 1.70% |
| 6 | ALPHABET INC. | 1.69% | 2.67% | 1.69% |
| 7 | BROADCOM INC. | 1.18% | 2.33% | 1.18% |
| 8 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.09% | 1.29% | 1.09% |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1.09% | 1.46% | 1.09% |
| 10 | ALPHABET INC. | 1.09% | 2.16% | 1.09% |
| 11 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.05% | 1.25% | 1.05% |
| 12 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.84% | 0.87% | 0.84% |
Only in DFAC
274 total- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.20%
- NXP Semiconductors N.V. 0.13%
- TE CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.11%
- WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.05%
- AUTOLIV, INC. 0.04%
- ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.03%
- FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.02%
- Copa Holdings, S.A. 0.02%
- BRADY CORPORATION 0.02%
- LEVI STRAUSS & CO. 0.01%
Only in VTHR
701 total- Welltower Inc 0.23%
- Prologis Inc 0.18%
- Accenture PLC 0.16%
- Equinix Inc 0.14%
- American Tower Corp 0.11%
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.10%
- Simon Property Group Inc 0.09%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.09%
- Realty Income Corp 0.08%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.08%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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