ETF comparison
DFACvsITOT
Both US Total Market.
Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
Holdings overlap
1,978 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAC and ITOT would leave roughly72.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ITOT is 14 bps cheaper than DFAC. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/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 ITOT.
Top shared holdings
1,978 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAC | In ITOT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 5.60% | 6.63% | 5.60% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 4.68% | 5.81% | 4.68% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 3.92% | 3.79% | 3.79% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.06% | 3.19% | 3.06% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.14% | 2.86% | 2.14% |
| 6 | ALPHABET INC. | 1.69% | 2.29% | 1.69% |
| 7 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.87% | 1.69% | 1.69% |
| 8 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.00% | 1.20% | 1.00% |
| 9 | BROADCOM INC. | 0.95% | 2.45% | 0.95% |
| 10 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 0.87% | 1.30% | 0.87% |
| 11 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.82% | 0.84% | 0.82% |
| 12 | EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION | 0.88% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
Only in DFAC
565 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP3.35%
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION0.17%
- COTERRA ENERGY INC.0.09%
- Carnival Corporation0.09%
- DUPONT DE NEMOURS, INC.0.06%
- GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.0.03%
- Amdocs Limited0.03%
- SCORPIO TANKERS INC.0.02%
- BIRKENSTOCK HOLDING PLC0.02%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION0.02%
Only in ITOT
522 total- BlackRock Funds III1.54%
- Welltower, Inc.0.22%
- Prologis, Inc.0.17%
- BlackRock Funds III0.17%
- Equinix, Inc.0.14%
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0.14%
- American Tower Corp.0.10%
- Simon Property Group, Inc.0.10%
- Honeywell International, Inc.0.10%
- Honeywell Aerospace, Inc.0.10%
Open DFAC or ITOT 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.