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ETF comparison

DFAS vs ITOT

US Small Cap vs US Total Market.

U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.8 %

1,522 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and ITOT would leave roughly 7.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAS unmatched 92.1% Shared 7.8% ITOT unmatched 92.0%

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 DFAS only
530 positions
Shared
1,522 positions
In ITOT only
976 positions

Side by side

DFAS

U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares

Dimensional · US Small Cap

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.27%
Net assets
$18.54B
TTM yield
1.03%
Top-10 conc.
2.5%
ITOT

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

iShares · US Total Market

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$95.86B
TTM yield
1.02%
Top-10 conc.
32.1%

Sub-score comparison

73
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
68
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Tracking quality
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DFAS sub-score ITOT

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

Cost difference

ITOT is 24 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for DFAS.

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 ITOT.

Top shared holdings

1,522 shared in total
# Holding In DFAS In ITOT Overlap
1 MODERNA, INC. 0.07% 0.03% 0.03%
2 TD SYNNEX CORPORATION 0.06% 0.03% 0.03%
3 TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23% 0.03% 0.03%
4 ONTO INNOVATION INC. 0.20% 0.03% 0.03%
5 VIATRIS INC. 0.04% 0.03% 0.03%
6 BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.04% 0.02% 0.02%
7 GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. 0.16% 0.02% 0.02%
8 NEXTPOWER INC. 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
9 COEUR MINING, INC. 0.10% 0.02% 0.02%
10 WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.25% 0.02% 0.02%
11 SITIME CORPORATION 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
12 CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.03% 0.02% 0.02%

Only in DFAS

530 total
  • GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC 0.15%
  • Amdocs Limited 0.13%
  • BIRKENSTOCK HOLDING PLC 0.10%
  • JFROG LTD 0.09%
  • Copa Holdings, S.A. 0.09%
  • SCORPIO TANKERS INC. 0.09%
  • Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC 0.07%
  • DHT HOLDINGS, INC. 0.07%
  • SUNOCOCORP LLC 0.06%
  • PITNEY BOWES INC. 0.06%

Only in ITOT

976 total
  • NVIDIA Corp. 6.63%
  • Apple, Inc. 5.81%
  • Microsoft Corp. 3.79%
  • Amazon.com, Inc. 3.19%
  • Alphabet, Inc. 2.86%
  • Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%
  • Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%
  • Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.69%
  • Tesla, Inc. 1.62%

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.