ETF comparison
DFAS vs VIOV
Both US Small Cap.
DFA U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
410 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VIOV would leave roughly 24.3% 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
VIOV is 17 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/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 VIOV.
Top shared holdings
410 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In VIOV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.21% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 2 | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION | 0.18% | 0.78% | 0.18% |
| 3 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.18% | 1.01% | 0.18% |
| 4 | MATCH GROUP, INC. | 0.17% | 1.03% | 0.17% |
| 5 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.16% | 0.71% | 0.16% |
| 6 | CarMax, Inc. | 0.16% | 0.94% | 0.16% |
| 7 | LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.15% | 0.82% | 0.15% |
| 8 | VICTORIA'S SECRET & CO. | 0.15% | 0.73% | 0.15% |
| 9 | CONAGRA BRANDS, INC. | 0.15% | 0.83% | 0.15% |
| 10 | GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC | 0.15% | 0.32% | 0.15% |
| 11 | ARCOSA, INC. | 0.15% | 0.28% | 0.15% |
| 12 | QORVO, INC. | 0.15% | 0.31% | 0.15% |
Only in DFAS
1,642 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 VIOV
52 total- Caesars Entertainment Inc 0.66%
- Rithm Capital Corp 0.61%
- GEO Group Inc/The 0.45%
- SL Green Realty Corp 0.43%
- Apple Hospitality REIT Inc 0.38%
- Mobility Global Inc 0.37%
- Highwoods Properties Inc 0.37%
- CoreCivic Inc 0.36%
- Macerich Co/The 0.35%
- Broadstone Net Lease Inc 0.32%
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- VIOV vs IWO · iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF 17.8%
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- VIOV vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 1.8%
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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