ETF comparison
DFAC vs IWM
US Total Market vs US Small Cap.
U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Holdings overlap
1,392 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAC and IWM would leave roughly 10.1% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
DFAC is 1 bps cheaper than IWM. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for IWM.
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 IWM.
Top shared holdings
1,392 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAC | In IWM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | 0.05% | 0.35% | 0.05% |
| 2 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.05% | 0.35% | 0.05% |
| 3 | UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.05% | 0.33% | 0.05% |
| 4 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.05% | 0.19% | 0.05% |
| 5 | PBF ENERGY INC. | 0.04% | 0.14% | 0.04% |
| 6 | OLD NATIONAL BANCORP | 0.04% | 0.28% | 0.04% |
| 7 | FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.04% | 0.28% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Krystal Biotech Inc | 0.04% | 0.30% | 0.04% |
| 9 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.04% | 0.19% | 0.04% |
| 10 | COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY | 0.04% | 0.22% | 0.04% |
| 11 | VICTORIA'S SECRET & CO. | 0.04% | 0.18% | 0.04% |
| 12 | VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP | 0.04% | 0.22% | 0.04% |
Only in DFAC
1,153 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 IWM
622 total- Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.35%
- CareTrust REIT, Inc. 0.28%
- D-Wave Quantum, Inc. 0.27%
- Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. 0.25%
- Core Scientific, Inc. 0.25%
- Hims & Hers Health, Inc. 0.23%
- Macerich Co. (The) 0.22%
- Terreno Realty Corp. 0.21%
- Taylor Morrison Home Corp. 0.21%
- Nuvalent, Inc. 0.21%
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- DFAC vs DFAU · Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF 80.7%
- DFAC vs AVUS · Avantis US Equity ETF 76.4%
- DFAC vs DFUS · Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF 74.6%
- DFAC vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 71.9%
More comparisons with IWM
- IWM vs IJJ · iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF 9.5%
- IWM vs DON · WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund 8.8%
- IWM vs BBMC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF 7.5%
- IWM vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 7.3%
- IWM vs AVUS · Avantis US Equity ETF 6.3%
- IWM vs DFUV · Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 6.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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