ETF comparison
DFAT vs VIOO
Both US Small Cap.
DFA U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
361 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAT and VIOO would leave roughly 32.0% 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
VIOO is 22 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 VIOO.
Top shared holdings
361 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAT | In VIOO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.42% | 0.52% | 0.42% |
| 2 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.35% | 0.36% | 0.35% |
| 3 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.33% | 0.51% | 0.33% |
| 4 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.32% | 0.37% | 0.32% |
| 5 | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION | 0.31% | 0.40% | 0.31% |
| 6 | Matson Inc | 0.29% | 0.38% | 0.29% |
| 7 | AMERIS BANCORP | 0.28% | 0.30% | 0.28% |
| 8 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.26% | 0.46% | 0.26% |
| 9 | RUSH ENTERPRISES, INC. | 0.25% | 0.26% | 0.25% |
| 10 | NOBLE CORPORATION PLC | 0.24% | 0.32% | 0.24% |
| 11 | PRICESMART, INC. | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 12 | THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANY | 0.24% | 0.26% | 0.24% |
Only in DFAT
842 total- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.80%
- OVINTIV INC. 0.79%
- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.73%
- BALL CORPORATION 0.69%
- PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY 0.65%
- APA CORPORATION 0.63%
- TOLL BROTHERS, INC. 0.63%
- CNH Industrial N.V. 0.63%
- BORGWARNER INC. 0.62%
- THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY 0.61%
Only in VIOO
244 total- Corcept Therapeutics Inc 0.60%
- Glaukos Corp 0.59%
- Paycom Software Inc 0.55%
- Brinker International Inc 0.55%
- Match Group Inc 0.53%
- Protagonist Therapeutics Inc 0.50%
- Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc 0.48%
- FormFactor Inc 0.44%
- Etsy Inc 0.43%
- Armstrong World Industries Inc 0.41%
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- DFAT vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 31.0%
- DFAT vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 29.9%
- DFAT vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 28.6%
- DFAT vs VIOV · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 27.1%
- DFAT vs IJS · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF 26.8%
More comparisons with VIOO
- 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%
- VIOO vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 12.1%
- VIOO vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 2.5%
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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