ETF comparison
DFAS vs VBR
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
631 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VBR would leave roughly 49.5% 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
VBR is 22 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 VBR.
Top shared holdings
631 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In VBR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.28% | 0.31% | 0.28% |
| 2 | ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 3 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.25% | 0.36% | 0.25% |
| 4 | BORGWARNER INC. | 0.25% | 0.29% | 0.25% |
| 5 | APA CORPORATION | 0.24% | 0.25% | 0.24% |
| 6 | INVESCO LTD | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 7 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.29% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 8 | CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.22% | 0.23% | 0.22% |
| 9 | ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.22% | 0.23% | 0.22% |
| 10 | ARAMARK | 0.22% | 0.32% | 0.22% |
| 11 | FIRST HORIZON CORPORATION | 0.22% | 0.26% | 0.22% |
| 12 | Popular, Inc. | 0.22% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in DFAS
1,421 total- IES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.26%
- TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23%
- LITTELFUSE, INC. 0.21%
- LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. 0.21%
- EXELIXIS, INC. 0.21%
- ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC. 0.20%
- ONTO INNOVATION INC. 0.20%
- MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC. 0.20%
- SPX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.20%
- HECLA MINING COMPANY 0.19%
Only in VBR
209 total- Jabil Inc 0.87%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.66%
- Tapestry Inc 0.63%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.62%
- Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.59%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%
- F5 Inc 0.50%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.48%
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 0.47%
- Expand Energy Corp 0.47%
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- DFAS vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 38.7%
- DFAS vs SPSM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF 34.3%
- DFAS vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 34.1%
More comparisons with VBR
- VBR vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 43.2%
- VBR vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 41.3%
- VBR vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 40.0%
- VBR vs DFSV · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares 30.2%
- VBR vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 29.9%
- VBR vs BBSC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 26.3%
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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