ETF comparison
DFAS vs IWM
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Holdings overlap
1,446 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and IWM would leave roughly 50.7% 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
IWM is 8 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/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 IWM.
Top shared holdings
1,446 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In IWM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.21% | 0.33% | 0.21% |
| 2 | MOOG INC. | 0.21% | 0.38% | 0.21% |
| 3 | OLD NATIONAL BANCORP | 0.19% | 0.28% | 0.19% |
| 4 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.19% | 0.35% | 0.19% |
| 5 | FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.19% | 0.28% | 0.19% |
| 6 | BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.19% | 0.23% | 0.19% |
| 7 | STONEX GROUP INC. | 0.19% | 0.27% | 0.19% |
| 8 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.21% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 9 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.18% | 0.19% | 0.18% |
| 10 | Krystal Biotech Inc | 0.18% | 0.30% | 0.18% |
| 11 | HEALTHEQUITY, INC. | 0.18% | 0.24% | 0.18% |
| 12 | InterDigital, Inc. | 0.17% | 0.23% | 0.17% |
Only in DFAS
606 total- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.29%
- JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
- IES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.26%
- ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED 0.26%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.25%
- BORGWARNER INC. 0.25%
- APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.24%
- APA CORPORATION 0.24%
- INVESCO LTD 0.24%
- TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23%
Only in IWM
568 total- Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.35%
- CareTrust REIT, Inc. 0.28%
- Compass, Inc. 0.27%
- D-Wave Quantum, Inc. 0.27%
- Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. 0.25%
- Core Scientific, Inc. 0.25%
- Hims & Hers Health, Inc. 0.23%
- Macerich Co. (The) 0.22%
- Terreno Realty Corp. 0.21%
- Taylor Morrison Home Corp. 0.21%
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- DFAS vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 43.4%
- DFAS vs DFSV · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares 40.6%
- DFAS vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 38.7%
More comparisons with IWM
- IWM vs SPSM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF 47.1%
- IWM vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 46.8%
- IWM vs VIOO · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Index Fund ETF Shares 46.0%
- IWM vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 38.1%
- IWM vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 33.7%
- IWM vs IJS · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF 31.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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