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DFAS vs VO

US Small Cap vs US Mid Cap.

U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VO would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAS unmatched 99.9% Shared 0.1% VO unmatched 99.6%

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.

In DFAS only
2,051 positions
Shared
1 positions
In VO only
281 positions

Side by side

DFAS

U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares

Dimensional · US Small Cap

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.27%
Net assets
$18.54B
TTM yield
1.03%
Top-10 conc.
2.5%
VO

Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF

Vanguard · US Mid Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$216.43B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
1.00%
Top-10 conc.
9.5%

Sub-score comparison

73
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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DFAS sub-score VO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VO 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 VO.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In DFAS In VO Overlap
1 MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%

Only in DFAS

2,051 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 VO

281 total
  • Vertiv Holdings Co 1.22%
  • Western Digital Corp 1.06%
  • Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%
  • Quanta Services Inc 1.04%
  • Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.04%
  • Cummins Inc 0.95%
  • Datadog Inc 0.83%
  • Bloom Energy Corp 0.79%
  • Constellation Energy Corp 0.78%
  • Robinhood Markets Inc 0.77%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.