ETF comparison
DFAC vs IJR
US Total Market vs US Small Cap.
U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
529 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAC and IJR would leave roughly 6.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IJR is 12 bps cheaper than DFAC. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with DFAC vs IJR.
Top shared holdings
529 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAC | In IJR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | 0.05% | 0.60% | 0.05% |
| 2 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.05% | 0.66% | 0.05% |
| 3 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.05% | 0.34% | 0.05% |
| 4 | Krystal Biotech Inc | 0.04% | 0.53% | 0.04% |
| 5 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.04% | 0.16% | 0.04% |
| 6 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.04% | 0.41% | 0.04% |
| 7 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.04% | 0.34% | 0.04% |
| 8 | ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC | 0.04% | 0.59% | 0.04% |
| 9 | QORVO, INC. | 0.04% | 0.40% | 0.04% |
| 10 | VICTORIA'S SECRET & CO. | 0.04% | 0.36% | 0.04% |
| 11 | STONEX GROUP INC. | 0.04% | 0.46% | 0.04% |
| 12 | BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.04% | 0.39% | 0.04% |
Only in DFAC
2,016 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.27%
- APPLE INC. 5.12%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.41%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.14%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.73%
- ALPHABET INC. 1.69%
- BROADCOM INC. 1.18%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.09%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.09%
- ALPHABET INC. 1.09%
Only in IJR
74 total- RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES INC 0.44%
- MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SPORTS CORP 0.39%
- MACERICH COMPANY (THE) 0.39%
- GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC 0.38%
- TERRENO REALTY CORP 0.37%
- ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST INC 0.35%
- PHILLIPS EDISON & COMPANY INC 0.28%
- RITHM CAPITAL CORP 0.28%
- OUTFRONT MEDIA INC 0.27%
- MILLROSE PROPERTIES INC 0.25%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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