ETF comparison
DFAU vs VTI
Both US Total Market.
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,108 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and VTI would leave roughly 88.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VTI is 9 bps cheaper than DFAU. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for DFAU.
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 DFAU vs VTI.
Top shared holdings
2,108 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAU | In VTI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.83% | 6.42% | 6.42% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 5.76% | 5.94% | 5.76% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.62% | 4.38% | 4.38% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.66% | 3.21% | 3.21% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 3.06% | 2.67% | 2.67% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.59% | 2.34% | 2.34% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.53% | 2.11% | 2.11% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 2.03% | 2.00% | 2.00% |
| 9 | TESLA, INC. | 1.52% | 1.67% | 1.52% |
| 10 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.20% | 1.19% | 1.19% |
| 11 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.07% | 1.37% | 1.07% |
| 12 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.06% | 1.25% | 1.06% |
Only in DFAU
78 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 2.15%
- NXP Semiconductors N.V. 0.15%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.06%
- COUPANG, INC. 0.05%
- AMCOR PLC 0.03%
- SHARKNINJA, INC. 0.03%
- GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0.02%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.02%
- AUTOLIV, INC. 0.02%
- Amdocs Limited 0.01%
Only in VTI
1,372 total- Welltower Inc 0.22%
- Prologis Inc 0.20%
- Equinix Inc 0.15%
- American Tower Corp 0.13%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.10%
- Simon Property Group Inc 0.09%
- Realty Income Corp 0.09%
- Public Storage 0.07%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.07%
- Strategy Inc 0.06%
Open DFAU or VTI 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.