ETF comparison
DFAS vs IWO
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
768 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and IWO would leave roughly 28.3% 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
IWO 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 IWO.
Top shared holdings
768 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In IWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOOG INC. | 0.21% | 0.73% | 0.21% |
| 2 | FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.19% | 0.53% | 0.19% |
| 3 | BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.19% | 0.44% | 0.19% |
| 4 | STONEX GROUP INC. | 0.19% | 0.52% | 0.19% |
| 5 | Krystal Biotech Inc | 0.18% | 0.58% | 0.18% |
| 6 | HEALTHEQUITY, INC. | 0.18% | 0.46% | 0.18% |
| 7 | InterDigital, Inc. | 0.17% | 0.44% | 0.17% |
| 8 | ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 0.17% | 0.56% | 0.17% |
| 9 | Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc | 0.17% | 0.23% | 0.17% |
| 10 | RIOT PLATFORMS, INC. | 0.16% | 0.39% | 0.16% |
| 11 | OSCAR HEALTH, INC. | 0.16% | 0.41% | 0.16% |
| 12 | ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.16% | 0.42% | 0.16% |
Only in DFAS
1,284 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 IWO
365 total- D-Wave Quantum, Inc. 0.53%
- Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. 0.48%
- Compass, Inc. 0.45%
- Hims & Hers Health, Inc. 0.45%
- Core Scientific, Inc. 0.42%
- Nuvalent, Inc. 0.40%
- Spyre Therapeutics, Inc. 0.40%
- Cogent Biosciences, Inc. 0.39%
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 0.37%
- Rigetti Computing, Inc. 0.37%
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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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