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ETF comparison

DFAS vs SCHB

US Small Cap vs US Total Market.

DFA U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.5 %

1,473 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and SCHB would leave roughly 7.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAS unmatched 92.5% Shared 7.5% SCHB unmatched 92.4%

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.

In DFAS only
579 positions
Shared
1,473 positions
In SCHB only
899 positions

Side by side

DFAS

DFA U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares

Dimensional · US Small Cap

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.27%
Net assets
$34.43B
TTM yield
1.01%
Top-10 conc.
2.5%
SCHB

Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF

Schwab · US Total Market

91 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$44.23B
TTM yield
1.06%
Top-10 conc.
33.7%

Sub-score comparison

73
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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DFAS sub-score SCHB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SCHB is 24 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for DFAS.

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 DFAS vs SCHB.

Top shared holdings

1,473 shared in total
# Holding In DFAS In SCHB Overlap
1 MODERNA, INC. 0.07% 0.07% 0.07%
2 COEUR MINING, INC. 0.10% 0.03% 0.03%
3 VIATRIS INC. 0.04% 0.03% 0.03%
4 CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
5 TD SYNNEX CORPORATION 0.06% 0.03% 0.03%
6 PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.17% 0.02% 0.02%
7 NUTANIX, INC. 0.03% 0.02% 0.02%
8 OVINTIV INC. 0.19% 0.02% 0.02%
9 GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC. 0.05% 0.02% 0.02%
10 JONES LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED 0.04% 0.02% 0.02%
11 ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0.09% 0.02% 0.02%
12 WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.25% 0.02% 0.02%

Only in DFAS

579 total
  • WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.19%
  • Amdocs Limited 0.13%
  • BIRKENSTOCK HOLDING PLC 0.10%
  • JFROG LTD 0.09%
  • Copa Holdings, S.A. 0.09%
  • SCORPIO TANKERS INC. 0.09%
  • Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC 0.07%
  • DHT HOLDINGS, INC. 0.07%
  • SUNOCOCORP LLC 0.06%
  • IMAX CORPORATION 0.06%

Only in SCHB

899 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 7.20%
  • Apple Inc 6.27%
  • Microsoft Corp 5.08%
  • Amazon.com Inc 3.42%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.68%
  • Broadcom Inc 2.36%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.13%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 1.69%
  • Micron Technology Inc 1.46%
  • Tesla Inc 1.39%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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.