ETF comparison
DFAS vs DFAT
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares
Holdings overlap
1,146 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and DFAT would leave roughly 49.9% 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
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
1,146 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In DFAT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.29% | 0.73% | 0.29% |
| 2 | ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED | 0.26% | 0.50% | 0.26% |
| 3 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.25% | 0.53% | 0.25% |
| 4 | BORGWARNER INC. | 0.25% | 0.62% | 0.25% |
| 5 | APA CORPORATION | 0.24% | 0.63% | 0.24% |
| 6 | INVESCO LTD | 0.24% | 0.52% | 0.24% |
| 7 | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 0.23% | 0.41% | 0.23% |
| 8 | CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.22% | 0.34% | 0.22% |
| 9 | ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.22% | 0.54% | 0.22% |
| 10 | FIRST HORIZON CORPORATION | 0.22% | 0.54% | 0.22% |
| 11 | Popular, Inc. | 0.22% | 0.48% | 0.22% |
| 12 | JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.28% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in DFAS
906 total- IES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.26%
- APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.24%
- LITTELFUSE, INC. 0.21%
- MOOG INC. 0.21%
- Crane Co 0.21%
- EXELIXIS, INC. 0.21%
- BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS, INC. 0.21%
- ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC. 0.20%
- THE CLOROX COMPANY 0.20%
- ONTO INNOVATION INC. 0.20%
Only in DFAT
57 total- BALL CORPORATION 0.69%
- PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY 0.65%
- GENUINE PARTS COMPANY 0.33%
- TEXTRON INC. 0.17%
- NEWS CORPORATION 0.15%
- TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 0.14%
- EAST WEST BANCORP, INC. 0.14%
- PTC INC. 0.10%
- JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.09%
- LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC. 0.08%
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- DFAS vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 38.7%
- DFAS vs SPSM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF 34.3%
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- DFAT vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 43.2%
- DFAT vs IWN · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 38.4%
- DFAT vs AVUV · Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF 37.2%
- DFAT vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 33.7%
- DFAT vs BBSC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 32.2%
- DFAT vs SPSM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF 31.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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