ETF comparison
DFAS vs DFSV
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares
Holdings overlap
971 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and DFSV would leave roughly 40.6% 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 4 bps cheaper than DFSV. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for DFSV.
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 DFSV.
Top shared holdings
971 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In DFSV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.29% | 0.75% | 0.29% |
| 2 | ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED | 0.26% | 0.64% | 0.26% |
| 3 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.25% | 0.62% | 0.25% |
| 4 | BORGWARNER INC. | 0.25% | 0.75% | 0.25% |
| 5 | APA CORPORATION | 0.24% | 0.66% | 0.24% |
| 6 | INVESCO LTD | 0.24% | 0.76% | 0.24% |
| 7 | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 0.23% | 0.40% | 0.23% |
| 8 | ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.22% | 0.69% | 0.22% |
| 9 | Popular, Inc. | 0.22% | 0.37% | 0.22% |
| 10 | UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.21% | 0.42% | 0.21% |
| 11 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.21% | 0.28% | 0.21% |
| 12 | WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.21% | 0.36% | 0.21% |
Only in DFAS
1,081 total- JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
- IES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.26%
- APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.24%
- TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23%
- ARAMARK 0.22%
- LITTELFUSE, INC. 0.21%
- MOOG INC. 0.21%
- Crane Co 0.21%
- EXELIXIS, INC. 0.21%
- BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS, INC. 0.21%
Only in DFSV
23 total- N-ABLE, INC. 0.06%
- CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 0.04%
- GRID DYNAMICS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.03%
- VERRA MOBILITY CORPORATION 0.01%
- ANGI INC. 0.00%
- FRANKLIN FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION 0.00%
- American Integrity Insurance Group Inc 0.00%
- EHEALTH, INC. 0.00%
- MIND TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0.00%
- CROWN CRAFTS, INC. 0.00%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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