ETF comparison
DFAS vs DFAT
Both US Small Cap.
Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF · Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF
Holdings overlap
1,216 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and DFAT would leave roughly 56.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAS is 2 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for DFAT.
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 DFAS vs DFAT.
Top shared holdings
1,216 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In DFAT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 8.84% | 5.87% | 5.87% |
| 2 | AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0.34% | 0.78% | 0.34% |
| 3 | TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.34% | 0.46% | 0.34% |
| 4 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.29% | 0.86% | 0.29% |
| 5 | BORGWARNER INC. | 0.25% | 0.59% | 0.25% |
| 6 | APA CORPORATION | 0.25% | 0.73% | 0.25% |
| 7 | SANMINA CORPORATION | 0.24% | 0.28% | 0.24% |
| 8 | PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC. | 0.23% | 0.37% | 0.23% |
| 9 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.23% | 0.47% | 0.23% |
| 10 | ALCOA CORPORATION | 0.22% | 0.28% | 0.22% |
| 11 | DT MIDSTREAM, INC. | 0.22% | 0.31% | 0.22% |
| 12 | RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION | 0.21% | 0.33% | 0.21% |
Only in DFAS
900 total- ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC. 0.29%
- MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0.28%
- ONTO INNOVATION INC. 0.26%
- IES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.25%
- RAMBUS INC. 0.24%
- VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. 0.23%
- GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. 0.23%
- APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23%
- ALLISON TRANSMISSION HOLDINGS, INC. 0.22%
- Hasbro, Inc. 0.22%
Only in DFAT
59 total- BALL CORPORATION 0.67%
- PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY 0.40%
- FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC 0.20%
- TEXTRON INC. 0.20%
- TRANSUNION 0.20%
- MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED 0.18%
- EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. 0.14%
- THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC. 0.11%
- GENUINE PARTS COMPANY 0.09%
- Everest Group, Ltd. 0.05%
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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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