ETF comparison
DFAS vs VIG
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
168 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VIG would leave roughly 3.9% 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
VIG is 23 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/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 VIG.
Top shared holdings
168 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLOBE LIFE INC. | 0.20% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 2 | DT MIDSTREAM, INC. | 0.19% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 3 | ALBEMARLE CORPORATION | 0.08% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | ASSURANT, INC. | 0.17% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | ALLEGION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | GRACO INC. | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION | 0.12% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.20% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.24% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | EVERCORE INC. | 0.11% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.05% |
Only in DFAS
1,884 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%
- APA CORPORATION 0.24%
- INVESCO LTD 0.24%
- TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.23%
- Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 0.23%
Only in VIG
165 total- Broadcom Inc 4.63%
- Apple Inc 4.45%
- Microsoft Corp 4.34%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.78%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.67%
- Visa Inc 2.45%
- Walmart Inc 2.11%
- Mastercard Inc 2.00%
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- VIG vs MDY · State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust 3.1%
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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