ETF comparison
DFAT vs IJR
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
356 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAT and IJR would leave roughly 31.0% 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
IJR is 23 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for DFAT.
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 IJR.
Top shared holdings
356 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAT | In IJR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.35% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 2 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.33% | 0.66% | 0.33% |
| 3 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.32% | 0.34% | 0.32% |
| 4 | Matson Inc | 0.29% | 0.31% | 0.29% |
| 5 | AMERIS BANCORP | 0.28% | 0.31% | 0.28% |
| 6 | LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION | 0.31% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 7 | MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. | 0.27% | 0.64% | 0.27% |
| 8 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.26% | 0.41% | 0.26% |
| 9 | NOBLE CORPORATION PLC | 0.24% | 0.25% | 0.24% |
| 10 | RUSH ENTERPRISES, INC. | 0.25% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | PRICESMART, INC. | 0.24% | 0.27% | 0.24% |
| 12 | THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANY | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
Only in DFAT
847 total- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.80%
- OVINTIV INC. 0.79%
- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.73%
- BALL CORPORATION 0.69%
- PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY 0.65%
- APA CORPORATION 0.63%
- TOLL BROTHERS, INC. 0.63%
- CNH Industrial N.V. 0.63%
- BORGWARNER INC. 0.62%
- THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY 0.61%
Only in IJR
247 total- FORMFACTOR INC 0.67%
- ARGAN INC 0.60%
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60%
- MAXLINEAR INC 0.58%
- KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53%
- ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49%
- MATCH GROUP INC 0.48%
- EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC 0.46%
- CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC 0.45%
- RALLIANT CORP 0.45%
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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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