ETF comparison
DFAT vs IWN
Both US Small Cap.
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF
Holdings overlap
796 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAT and IWN would leave roughly 41.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IWN is 4 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for DFAT.
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 DFAT vs IWN.
Top shared holdings
796 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAT | In IWN | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.46% | 0.69% | 0.46% |
| 2 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.42% | 0.50% | 0.42% |
| 3 | COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY | 0.40% | 0.47% | 0.40% |
| 4 | ENERSYS | 0.35% | 0.42% | 0.35% |
| 5 | OLD NATIONAL BANCORP | 0.33% | 0.47% | 0.33% |
| 6 | TAYLOR MORRISON HOME CORPORATION | 0.32% | 0.38% | 0.32% |
| 7 | MURPHY OIL CORPORATION | 0.32% | 0.39% | 0.32% |
| 8 | VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP | 0.32% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 9 | CNX RESOURCES CORPORATION | 0.30% | 0.37% | 0.30% |
| 10 | RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.31% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 11 | Valaris Limited | 0.30% | 0.42% | 0.30% |
| 12 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.29% | 0.39% | 0.29% |
Only in DFAT
479 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 5.87%
- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.89%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.86%
- CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.82%
- AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0.78%
- OVINTIV INC. 0.73%
- APA CORPORATION 0.73%
- VIATRIS INC. 0.71%
- TD SYNNEX CORPORATION 0.67%
- BALL CORPORATION 0.67%
Only in IWN
613 total- BlackRock Funds III 8.04%
- EchoStar Corp. 1.09%
- Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. 0.53%
- Fluor Corp. 0.52%
- CareTrust REIT, Inc. 0.51%
- Vaxcyte, Inc. 0.50%
- Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.48%
- Terreno Realty Corp. 0.43%
- Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. 0.42%
- Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 0.41%
Open DFAT or IWN at a brokerage
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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.