ETF comparison
DFAS vs SPSM
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
536 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and SPSM would leave roughly 34.3% 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
SPSM 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 SPSM.
Top shared holdings
536 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In SPSM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.21% | 0.34% | 0.21% |
| 2 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.19% | 0.66% | 0.19% |
| 3 | BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.19% | 0.39% | 0.19% |
| 4 | STONEX GROUP INC. | 0.19% | 0.45% | 0.19% |
| 5 | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION | 0.18% | 0.33% | 0.18% |
| 6 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.18% | 0.39% | 0.18% |
| 7 | Krystal Biotech Inc | 0.18% | 0.53% | 0.18% |
| 8 | MATCH GROUP, INC. | 0.17% | 0.48% | 0.17% |
| 9 | ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 0.17% | 0.49% | 0.17% |
| 10 | ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.16% | 0.47% | 0.16% |
| 11 | ETSY, INC. | 0.16% | 0.39% | 0.16% |
| 12 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.16% | 0.34% | 0.16% |
Only in DFAS
1,516 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 SPSM
68 total- Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc 0.44%
- Macerich Co/The 0.39%
- Gates Industrial Corp PLC 0.39%
- Terreno Realty Corp 0.37%
- Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc 0.35%
- Caesars Entertainment Inc 0.33%
- Phillips Edison & Co Inc 0.28%
- Rithm Capital Corp 0.28%
- Outfront Media Inc 0.27%
- Millrose Properties Inc 0.25%
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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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