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DFCF vs GVI

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
15.9 %

802 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and GVI would leave roughly 15.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFCF only 107.0% Shared 15.9% GVI only 83.7%
In DFCF only
905 positions
Shared
802 positions
In GVI only
5,350 positions

Side by side

DFCF

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

Dimensional · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.17%
Net assets
$10.87B
TTM yield
4.36%
Top-10 conc.
36.8%
GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.75B
TTM yield
3.63%
Top-10 conc.
7.6%

Sub-score comparison

83
Cost
80
52
Tax efficiency
53
100
Liquidity
82
62
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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DFCF sub-score GVI

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

DFCF is 3 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for GVI.

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 DFCF vs GVI.

Top shared holdings

802 shared in total
# Holding In DFCF In GVI Overlap
1 United States of America 0.72% 0.73% 0.72%
2 United States of America 0.73% 0.66% 0.66%
3 United States of America 0.97% 0.60% 0.60%
4 United States of America 0.73% 0.58% 0.58%
5 United States of America 0.80% 0.58% 0.58%
6 United States of America 0.77% 0.58% 0.58%
7 United States of America 1.01% 0.57% 0.57%
8 United States of America 0.63% 0.56% 0.56%
9 United States of America 0.84% 0.52% 0.52%
10 United States of America 0.84% 0.51% 0.51%
11 United States of America 0.47% 0.30% 0.30%
12 United States of America 0.28% 0.76% 0.28%

Only in DFCF

905 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 6.06%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 5.55%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 4.66%
  • United States of America 3.48%
  • United States of America 3.32%
  • United States of America 2.94%
  • United States of America 2.89%
  • United States of America 2.72%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 2.70%
  • United States of America 2.48%

Only in GVI

5,350 total
  • United States Treasury 0.79%
  • United States Treasury 0.78%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.75%
  • United States Treasury 0.74%
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.74%
  • United States Treasury 0.67%
  • United States Treasury 0.66%
  • United States Treasury 0.61%

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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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