ETF comparison
DFAT vs VIOV
Both US Small Cap.
DFA U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
306 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAT and VIOV would leave roughly 27.1% 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 19 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 VIOV.
Top shared holdings
306 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAT | In VIOV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.42% | 1.01% | 0.42% |
| 2 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.32% | 0.71% | 0.32% |
| 3 | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION | 0.31% | 0.78% | 0.31% |
| 4 | Matson Inc | 0.29% | 0.74% | 0.29% |
| 5 | ADT INC. | 0.27% | 0.30% | 0.27% |
| 6 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.26% | 0.90% | 0.26% |
| 7 | BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.25% | 0.46% | 0.25% |
| 8 | RUSH ENTERPRISES, INC. | 0.25% | 0.51% | 0.25% |
| 9 | AMERIS BANCORP | 0.28% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 10 | NOBLE CORPORATION PLC | 0.24% | 0.29% | 0.24% |
| 11 | THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANY | 0.24% | 0.50% | 0.24% |
| 12 | ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. | 0.22% | 0.43% | 0.22% |
Only in DFAT
897 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 VIOV
156 total- Paycom Software Inc 1.07%
- Match Group Inc 1.03%
- Victoria's Secret & Co 0.73%
- Teleflex Inc 0.68%
- Pool Corp 0.65%
- Rithm Capital Corp 0.61%
- Enphase Energy Inc 0.52%
- Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc 0.45%
- GEO Group Inc/The 0.45%
- SL Green Realty Corp 0.43%
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More comparisons with VIOV
- VIOV vs IJT · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF 25.2%
- VIOV vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 24.4%
- VIOV vs DFAS · DFA U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 24.3%
- VIOV vs IWO · iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF 17.8%
- VIOV vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 17.2%
- VIOV vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 13.0%
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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