ETF comparison
DFAS vs VIOO
Both US Small Cap.
DFA U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
542 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VIOO would leave roughly 34.7% 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
VIOO is 20 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/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 VIOO.
Top shared holdings
542 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In VIOO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.21% | 0.36% | 0.21% |
| 2 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.19% | 0.51% | 0.19% |
| 3 | BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.19% | 0.55% | 0.19% |
| 4 | STONEX GROUP INC. | 0.19% | 0.40% | 0.19% |
| 5 | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION | 0.18% | 0.40% | 0.18% |
| 6 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.18% | 0.52% | 0.18% |
| 7 | MATCH GROUP, INC. | 0.17% | 0.53% | 0.17% |
| 8 | ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 0.17% | 0.40% | 0.17% |
| 9 | ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.16% | 0.38% | 0.16% |
| 10 | ETSY, INC. | 0.16% | 0.43% | 0.16% |
| 11 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.16% | 0.37% | 0.16% |
| 12 | LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. | 0.16% | 0.27% | 0.16% |
Only in DFAS
1,510 total- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.29%
- JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
- IES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.26%
- ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED 0.26%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.25%
- BORGWARNER INC. 0.25%
- APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.24%
- APA CORPORATION 0.24%
- INVESCO LTD 0.24%
- TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23%
Only in VIOO
63 total- Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc 0.48%
- Terreno Realty Corp 0.39%
- Macerich Co/The 0.37%
- Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc 0.36%
- Mobility Global Inc 0.34%
- Caesars Entertainment Inc 0.34%
- Rithm Capital Corp 0.31%
- Phillips Edison & Co Inc 0.27%
- Impinj Inc 0.26%
- Millrose Properties Inc 0.26%
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- DFAS vs AVUV · Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF 27.5%
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- VIOO vs DFSV · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares 33.5%
- VIOO vs DFAT · DFA U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 32.0%
- VIOO vs AVUV · Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF 28.1%
- VIOO vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 20.4%
- VIOO vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 18.7%
- VIOO vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 16.3%
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/.
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