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ETF comparison

DFAC vs VTHR

Both US Total Market.

U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Russell 3000 Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
71.2 %

2,221 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAC and VTHR would leave roughly 71.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAC unmatched 28.6% Shared 71.2% VTHR unmatched 28.4%

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.

In DFAC only
324 positions
Shared
2,221 positions
In VTHR only
683 positions

Side by side

DFAC

U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares

Dimensional · US Total Market

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$38.35B
TTM yield
0.88%
Top-10 conc.
25.8%
VTHR

Vanguard Russell 3000 Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Total Market

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$6.49B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
1.04%
Top-10 conc.
34.6%

Sub-score comparison

82
Cost
94
89
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
92
77
Concentration
65
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Tracking quality
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DFAC sub-score VTHR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VTHR 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 VTHR.

Top shared holdings

2,221 shared in total
# Holding In DFAC In VTHR Overlap
1 NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.27% 6.81% 5.27%
2 APPLE INC. 5.12% 6.20% 5.12%
3 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.41% 4.60% 4.41%
4 AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.14% 3.58% 3.14%
5 META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.73% 1.90% 1.73%
6 ALPHABET INC. 1.69% 3.05% 1.69%
7 BROADCOM INC. 1.18% 2.84% 1.18%
8 MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.09% 1.50% 1.09%
9 ALPHABET INC. 1.09% 2.46% 1.09%
10 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.09% 1.05% 1.05%
11 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.05% 1.22% 1.05%
12 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 0.75% 1.21% 0.75%

Only in DFAC

324 total
  • EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.82%
  • SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.20%
  • NXP Semiconductors N.V. 0.13%
  • TE CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.11%
  • HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION 0.10%
  • HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC. 0.08%
  • DUPONT DE NEMOURS, INC. 0.05%
  • AUTOLIV, INC. 0.04%
  • FEDEX FREIGHT HOLDING COMPANY, INC. 0.04%
  • GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC 0.03%

Only in VTHR

683 total
  • Exxon Mobil Corp 0.85%
  • Honeywell International Inc 0.21%
  • Welltower Inc 0.19%
  • Prologis Inc 0.18%
  • Accenture PLC 0.16%
  • Equinix Inc 0.14%
  • American Tower Corp 0.12%
  • Simon Property Group Inc 0.09%
  • Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.09%
  • Realty Income Corp 0.08%

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/.

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.