ETF comparison
DFAT vs DFSV
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares
Holdings overlap
910 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAT and DFSV would leave roughly 67.3% 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
DFAT is 2 bps cheaper than DFSV. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for DFSV.
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 DFAT vs DFSV.
Top shared holdings
910 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAT | In DFSV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION | 0.73% | 0.75% | 0.73% |
| 2 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.79% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 3 | APA CORPORATION | 0.63% | 0.66% | 0.63% |
| 4 | BORGWARNER INC. | 0.62% | 0.75% | 0.62% |
| 5 | ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.54% | 0.69% | 0.54% |
| 6 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.53% | 0.62% | 0.53% |
| 7 | INVESCO LTD | 0.52% | 0.76% | 0.52% |
| 8 | ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED | 0.50% | 0.64% | 0.50% |
| 9 | KNIGHT-SWIFT TRANSPORTATION HOLDINGS INC. | 0.49% | 0.70% | 0.49% |
| 10 | ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION | 0.50% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 11 | LITHIA MOTORS, INC. | 0.46% | 0.59% | 0.46% |
| 12 | SOUTHSTATE BANK CORPORATION | 0.43% | 0.61% | 0.43% |
Only in DFAT
293 total- BALL CORPORATION 0.69%
- PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY 0.65%
- GLOBE LIFE INC. 0.51%
- CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.47%
- ONEMAIN HOLDINGS, INC. 0.36%
- VIATRIS INC. 0.35%
- AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTD. 0.35%
- TD SYNNEX CORPORATION 0.33%
- AUTONATION, INC. 0.33%
- GENUINE PARTS COMPANY 0.33%
Only in DFSV
84 total- GAMESTOP CORP. 0.22%
- LYFT, INC. 0.20%
- TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 0.18%
- SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION 0.17%
- NEWELL BRANDS INC. 0.17%
- CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. 0.13%
- WORLD KINECT CORPORATION 0.13%
- BILL HOLDINGS, INC. 0.11%
- AZENTA, INC. 0.06%
- JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION 0.06%
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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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