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ETF comparison

DFAS vs IWD

US Small Cap vs US Value.

U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.1 %

364 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and IWD would leave roughly 7.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAS unmatched 92.8% Shared 7.1% IWD unmatched 92.6%

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
1,688 positions
Shared
364 positions
In IWD only
506 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%
IWD

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF

iShares · US Value

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$80.96B
TTM yield
1.37%
Top-10 conc.
27.8%

Sub-score comparison

73
Cost
82
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
75
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Tracking quality
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DFAS sub-score IWD

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

Cost difference

IWD is 9 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 IWD.

Top shared holdings

364 shared in total
# Holding In DFAS In IWD Overlap
1 MODERNA, INC. 0.07% 0.07% 0.07%
2 TD SYNNEX CORPORATION 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%
3 GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. 0.16% 0.05% 0.05%
4 COEUR MINING, INC. 0.10% 0.05% 0.05%
5 WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.25% 0.05% 0.05%
6 API GROUP CORPORATION 0.07% 0.04% 0.04%
7 ALBEMARLE CORPORATION 0.08% 0.04% 0.04%
8 Regal Rexnord Corporation 0.15% 0.04% 0.04%
9 TOLL BROTHERS, INC. 0.07% 0.04% 0.04%
10 ONTO INNOVATION INC. 0.20% 0.04% 0.04%
11 ARAMARK 0.22% 0.04% 0.04%
12 BEST BUY CO., INC. 0.05% 0.04% 0.04%

Only in DFAS

1,688 total
  • IES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.26%
  • UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.21%
  • MOOG INC. 0.21%
  • LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. 0.21%
  • MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC. 0.20%
  • DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. 0.19%
  • OLD NATIONAL BANCORP 0.19%
  • VIASAT, INC. 0.19%
  • FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. 0.19%
  • BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.19%

Only in IWD

506 total
  • AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.93%
  • APPLE INC. 5.37%
  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.88%
  • BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 2.61%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 2.45%
  • INTEL CORPORATION 1.72%
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.71%
  • EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 1.59%
  • CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.30%
  • WALMART INC. 1.27%

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.