ETF comparison
DFAS vs VIOO
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
530 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VIOO would leave roughly 33.5% 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
VIOO is 20 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/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 VIOO.
Top shared holdings
530 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In VIOO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.21% | 0.30% | 0.21% |
| 2 | SANMINA CORPORATION | 0.20% | 0.83% | 0.20% |
| 3 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.19% | 0.64% | 0.19% |
| 4 | BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.19% | 0.36% | 0.19% |
| 5 | STONEX GROUP INC. | 0.19% | 0.47% | 0.19% |
| 6 | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION | 0.18% | 0.35% | 0.18% |
| 7 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.18% | 0.43% | 0.18% |
| 8 | Krystal Biotech Inc | 0.18% | 0.47% | 0.18% |
| 9 | MATCH GROUP, INC. | 0.17% | 0.50% | 0.17% |
| 10 | ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 0.17% | 0.44% | 0.17% |
| 11 | ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.16% | 0.35% | 0.16% |
| 12 | ETSY, INC. | 0.16% | 0.39% | 0.16% |
Only in DFAS
1,522 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 VIOO
73 total- Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc 0.43%
- Terreno Realty Corp 0.40%
- Gates Industrial Corp PLC 0.39%
- Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc 0.38%
- Macerich Co/The 0.36%
- Caesars Entertainment Inc 0.35%
- Rithm Capital Corp 0.30%
- Phillips Edison & Co Inc 0.30%
- Outfront Media Inc 0.28%
- Millrose Properties Inc 0.26%
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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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