ETF comparison
DFACvsDFAU
Both US Total Market.
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
2,147 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAC and DFAU would leave roughly82.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAU is 5 bps cheaper than DFAC. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 DFAC vs DFAU.
Top shared holdings
2,147 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAC | In DFAU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 5.60% | 6.83% | 5.60% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 4.68% | 5.76% | 4.68% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 3.92% | 4.62% | 3.92% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.06% | 3.66% | 3.06% |
| 5 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 3.35% | 2.15% | 2.15% |
| 6 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.14% | 3.06% | 2.14% |
| 7 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.87% | 2.03% | 1.87% |
| 8 | ALPHABET INC. | 1.69% | 2.53% | 1.69% |
| 9 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.00% | 1.20% | 1.00% |
| 10 | BROADCOM INC. | 0.95% | 2.59% | 0.95% |
| 11 | EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION | 0.88% | 0.92% | 0.88% |
| 12 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 0.87% | 1.06% | 0.87% |
Only in DFAC
396 total- MASIMO CORPORATION0.02%
- AEROVIRONMENT, INC.0.02%
- MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION0.01%
- HILLTOP HOLDINGS INC.0.01%
- PERRIGO COMPANY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY0.01%
- Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc0.01%
- M/I HOMES, INC.0.01%
- GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY0.01%
- TELADOC HEALTH, INC.0.01%
- CERTARA, INC.0.01%
Only in DFAU
39 total- AXT, INC.0.01%
- THE TRADE DESK, INC.0.01%
- CCC INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.0.01%
- ATLASSIAN CORPORATION0.00%
- SNAP INC.0.00%
- Navitas Semiconductor Corp0.00%
- Kodiak Sciences Inc0.00%
- THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANY0.00%
- AEHR TEST SYSTEMS0.00%
- GOLDEN ENTERTAINMENT, INC.0.00%
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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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