ETF comparison
DFAS vs IWN
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF
Holdings overlap
1,063 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and IWN would leave roughly 31.2% 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
IWN is 3 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/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 IWN.
Top shared holdings
1,063 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In IWN | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.21% | 0.62% | 0.21% |
| 2 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.21% | 0.36% | 0.21% |
| 3 | OLD NATIONAL BANCORP | 0.19% | 0.52% | 0.19% |
| 4 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.19% | 0.74% | 0.19% |
| 5 | PBF ENERGY INC. | 0.18% | 0.29% | 0.18% |
| 6 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.18% | 0.41% | 0.18% |
| 7 | RIOT PLATFORMS, INC. | 0.16% | 0.21% | 0.16% |
| 8 | VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP | 0.16% | 0.34% | 0.16% |
| 9 | COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY | 0.16% | 0.38% | 0.16% |
| 10 | FLUOR CORPORATION. | 0.16% | 0.34% | 0.16% |
| 11 | ARCOSA, INC. | 0.15% | 0.32% | 0.15% |
| 12 | TEREX CORPORATION | 0.15% | 0.54% | 0.15% |
Only in DFAS
989 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 IWN
359 total- Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.65%
- CareTrust REIT, Inc. 0.59%
- Terreno Realty Corp. 0.45%
- Taylor Morrison Home Corp. 0.44%
- Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. 0.43%
- Macerich Co. (The) 0.43%
- Kite Realty Group Trust 0.38%
- TXNM Energy, Inc. 0.38%
- SSR Mining, Inc. 0.37%
- Phillips Edison & Co., Inc. 0.35%
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- DFAS vs IJS · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF 23.7%
- DFAS vs VIOV · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 22.7%
- DFAS vs VIOG · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 21.9%
More comparisons with IWN
- IWN vs VIOG · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 21.4%
- IWN vs IJT · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF 20.0%
- IWN vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 19.2%
- IWN vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 14.9%
- IWN vs IWO · iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF 10.8%
- IWN vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 8.4%
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.