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ETF comparison

DFAS vs SCHA

Both US Small Cap.

U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
61.3 %

1,298 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and SCHA would leave roughly 61.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAS unmatched 38.7% Shared 61.3% SCHA unmatched 38.6%

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
754 positions
Shared
1,298 positions
In SCHA only
407 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%
SCHA

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF

Schwab · US Small Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$21.68B
TTM yield
1.13%
Top-10 conc.
10.5%

Sub-score comparison

73
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
99
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Tracking quality
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DFAS sub-score SCHA

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

Cost difference

SCHA 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 SCHA.

Top shared holdings

1,298 shared in total
# Holding In DFAS In SCHA Overlap
1 APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.24% 0.24% 0.24%
2 TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23% 0.38% 0.23%
3 Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 0.23% 0.31% 0.23%
4 LITTELFUSE, INC. 0.21% 0.25% 0.21%
5 MOOG INC. 0.21% 0.22% 0.21%
6 WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.21% 0.21% 0.21%
7 Popular, Inc. 0.22% 0.21% 0.21%
8 ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC. 0.20% 0.24% 0.20%
9 ONTO INNOVATION INC. 0.20% 0.27% 0.20%
10 SANMINA CORPORATION 0.20% 0.30% 0.20%
11 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY 0.20% 0.26% 0.20%
12 SOUTHSTATE BANK CORPORATION 0.20% 0.20% 0.20%

Only in DFAS

754 total
  • HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.29%
  • JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.28%
  • ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED 0.26%
  • WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.25%
  • BORGWARNER INC. 0.25%
  • APA CORPORATION 0.24%
  • INVESCO LTD 0.24%
  • CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.22%
  • ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.22%
  • ARAMARK 0.22%

Only in SCHA

407 total
  • Sandisk Corp/DE 5.28%
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc 1.29%
  • Revolution Medicines Inc 0.65%
  • Sterling Infrastructure Inc 0.56%
  • ATI Inc 0.50%
  • MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 0.50%
  • EchoStar Corp 0.37%
  • Guardant Health Inc 0.35%
  • Rocket Cos Inc 0.30%
  • Samsara Inc 0.26%

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.