ETF comparison
DFAS vs SCHD
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
54 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and SCHD would leave roughly 3.7% 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
SCHD is 21 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $210/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 SCHD.
Top shared holdings
54 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In SCHD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.29% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 2 | APA CORPORATION | 0.24% | 0.33% | 0.24% |
| 3 | OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 0.19% | 0.21% | 0.19% |
| 4 | COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. | 0.17% | 0.22% | 0.17% |
| 5 | AUTOLIV, INC. | 0.17% | 0.22% | 0.17% |
| 6 | SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | 0.16% | 0.29% | 0.16% |
| 7 | MACY'S, INC. | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.14% |
| 8 | AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | 0.13% | 0.23% | 0.13% |
| 9 | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CORPORATION | 0.13% | 0.24% | 0.13% |
| 10 | MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC. | 0.15% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 11 | BANK OZK | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 12 | NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.12% |
Only in DFAS
1,998 total- 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%
- INVESCO LTD 0.24%
- TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23%
- Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 0.23%
- CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.22%
Only in SCHD
45 total- QUALCOMM Inc 6.74%
- Texas Instruments Inc 5.90%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.09%
- Coca-Cola Co/The 3.96%
- Merck & Co Inc 3.86%
- Chevron Corp 3.83%
- Verizon Communications Inc 3.65%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.55%
- ConocoPhillips 3.51%
- Amgen Inc 3.47%
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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/.
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