ETF comparison

AVUSvsDFAC

Both US Total Market.

Avantis US Equity ETF · Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
78.5%

1,759 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVUS and DFAC would leave roughly78.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVUS only 21.4%Shared 78.5%DFAC only 24.7%
In AVUS only
115 positions
Shared
1,759 positions
In DFAC only
784 positions

Side by side

AVUS

Avantis US Equity ETF

Avantis · US Total Market

87composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$14.46B
TTM yield
1.15%
Top-10 conc.
29.7%
DFAC

Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF

Dimensional · US Total Market

87composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.17%
Net assets
$49.14B
TTM yield
0.90%
Top-10 conc.
28.3%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
83
88
Tax efficiency
89
100
Liquidity
100
72
Concentration
74
Tracking quality
AVUSsub-scoreDFAC

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

AVUS is 2 bps cheaper than DFAC. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for DFAC.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with AVUS vs DFAC.

Top shared holdings

1,759 shared in total
#HoldingIn AVUSIn DFACOverlap
1NVIDIA Corp5.48%5.60%5.48%
2Apple Inc5.36%4.68%4.68%
3Microsoft Corp3.84%3.92%3.84%
4Amazon.com Inc3.67%3.06%3.06%
5Alphabet Inc2.41%2.14%2.14%
6Meta Platforms Inc2.21%1.87%1.87%
7Alphabet Inc1.94%1.69%1.69%
8JPMorgan Chase & Co1.20%1.00%1.00%
9Broadcom Inc1.18%0.95%0.95%
10Exxon Mobil Corp1.07%0.88%0.88%
11Eli Lilly & Co0.84%0.87%0.84%
12Micron Technology Inc2.40%0.71%0.71%

Only in AVUS

115 total
  • Carnival Corp Ltd0.14%
  • MercadoLibre Inc0.11%
  • State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund0.06%
  • Strategy Inc0.04%
  • Royalty Pharma PLC0.03%
  • Viking Holdings Ltd0.03%
  • Hess Midstream LP0.02%
  • NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands0.02%
  • Waste Connections Inc0.02%
  • Celsius Holdings Inc0.01%

Only in DFAC

784 total
  • DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP3.35%
  • Philip Morris International Inc.0.10%
  • OMNICOM GROUP INC.0.10%
  • COTERRA ENERGY INC.0.09%
  • Carnival Corporation0.09%
  • BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY0.09%
  • LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC.0.08%
  • CARRIER GLOBAL CORPORATION0.08%
  • NASDAQ, INC.0.08%
  • WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY0.08%

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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.