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ETF comparison

AVUV vs DFAT

Both US Small Cap.

Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
37.2 %

626 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVUV and DFAT would leave roughly 37.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVUV unmatched 62.6% Shared 37.2% DFAT unmatched 62.7%

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.

In AVUV only
170 positions
Shared
626 positions
In DFAT only
577 positions

Side by side

AVUV

Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF

Avantis · US Small Cap

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$30.38B
TTM yield
1.24%
Top-10 conc.
8.7%
DFAT

U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares

Dimensional · US Small Cap

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.29%
Net assets
$16.00B
TTM yield
1.35%
Top-10 conc.
6.8%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
71
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AVUV sub-score DFAT

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

Cost difference

AVUV is 4 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/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 AVUV vs DFAT.

Top shared holdings

626 shared in total
# Holding In AVUV In DFAT Overlap
1 Jackson Financial Inc 0.38% 0.42% 0.38%
2 Avnet Inc 0.86% 0.38% 0.38%
3 Lear Corp 0.89% 0.33% 0.33%
4 Macy's Inc 0.78% 0.33% 0.33%
5 Viasat Inc 1.39% 0.33% 0.33%
6 MGIC Investment Corp 0.51% 0.33% 0.33%
7 Columbia Banking System Inc 0.40% 0.32% 0.32%
8 Chord Energy Corp 0.41% 0.31% 0.31%
9 NOV Inc 0.58% 0.30% 0.30%
10 Matador Resources Co 0.29% 0.30% 0.29%
11 Matson Inc 0.98% 0.29% 0.29%
12 Lithia Motors Inc 0.29% 0.46% 0.29%

Only in AVUV

170 total
  • Five Below Inc 0.72%
  • Iridium Communications Inc 0.71%
  • Lantheus Holdings Inc 0.70%
  • Archrock Inc 0.61%
  • Oscar Health Inc 0.53%
  • Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.48%
  • Polaris Inc 0.45%
  • Taylor Morrison Home Corp 0.43%
  • Cheesecake Factory Inc/The 0.39%
  • YETI Holdings Inc 0.37%

Only in DFAT

577 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%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open AVUV or DFAT 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.