ETF comparison
DFAS vs VTI
US Small Cap vs US Total Market.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF
Holdings overlap
1,939 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VTI would leave roughly 7.7% 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
VTI 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 VTI.
Top shared holdings
1,939 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In VTI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MODERNA, INC. | 0.07% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 2 | TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.23% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 3 | TD SYNNEX CORPORATION | 0.06% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 4 | ONTO INNOVATION INC. | 0.20% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 5 | VIATRIS INC. | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 6 | BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 7 | GENERAC HOLDINGS INC. | 0.16% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 8 | NEXTPOWER INC. | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 9 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.25% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 10 | SITIME CORPORATION | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 11 | CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 12 | API GROUP CORPORATION | 0.07% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in DFAS
113 total- AUTOLIV, INC. 0.17%
- GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC 0.15%
- GARRETT MOTION INC. 0.13%
- Amdocs Limited 0.13%
- BIRKENSTOCK HOLDING PLC 0.10%
- LIVANOVA PLC 0.10%
- Copa Holdings, S.A. 0.09%
- KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. 0.09%
- SCORPIO TANKERS INC. 0.09%
- DHT HOLDINGS, INC. 0.07%
Only in VTI
1,565 total- NVIDIA Corp 6.36%
- Apple Inc 5.87%
- Microsoft Corp 3.83%
- Amazon.com Inc 3.19%
- Alphabet Inc 2.90%
- Broadcom Inc 2.47%
- Alphabet Inc 2.28%
- Micron Technology Inc 1.80%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.71%
- Tesla Inc 1.64%
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More comparisons with VTI
- VTI vs SCHM · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF 7.7%
- VTI vs IWP · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF 7.5%
- VTI vs VOT · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF 7.3%
- VTI vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 7.3%
- VTI vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 7.2%
- VTI vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 7.0%
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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