ETF comparison
DFAC vs VIG
US Total Market vs Dividend.
U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
329 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAC and VIG would leave roughly 37.4% 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
VIG 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with DFAC vs VIG.
Top shared holdings
329 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAC | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APPLE INC. | 5.12% | 4.45% | 4.45% |
| 2 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.41% | 4.34% | 4.34% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC. | 1.18% | 4.63% | 1.18% |
| 4 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.09% | 4.07% | 1.09% |
| 5 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.05% | 3.93% | 1.05% |
| 6 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.84% | 2.67% | 0.84% |
| 7 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 0.82% | 2.78% | 0.82% |
| 8 | VISA INC. | 0.70% | 2.45% | 0.70% |
| 9 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 0.54% | 1.98% | 0.54% |
| 10 | MASTERCARD INCORPORATED | 0.53% | 2.00% | 0.53% |
| 11 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 0.47% | 1.45% | 0.47% |
| 12 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.46% | 1.39% | 0.46% |
Only in DFAC
2,216 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.27%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.14%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.73%
- ALPHABET INC. 1.69%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.09%
- ALPHABET INC. 1.09%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 0.75%
- WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 0.62%
- CHEVRON CORPORATION 0.52%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.32%
Only in VIG
4 total- Accenture PLC 0.44%
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.13%
- RB Global Inc 0.09%
- TXNM Energy Inc 0.02%
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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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