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DFAS vs VUG

US Small Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VUG would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAS unmatched 99.9% Shared 0.0% VUG unmatched 100.0%

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
2,052 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VUG only
146 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%
VUG

Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap Growth

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$392.07B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
0.40%
Top-10 conc.
60.4%

Sub-score comparison

73
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
28
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Tracking quality
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DFAS sub-score VUG

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

Cost difference

VUG 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 VUG.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in DFAS

2,052 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 VUG

146 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
  • Apple Inc 11.67%
  • Microsoft Corp 7.61%
  • Alphabet Inc 5.76%
  • Alphabet Inc 4.53%
  • Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.28%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
  • Tesla Inc 3.27%
  • Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%

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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.