ETF comparison
DFAT vs VB
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
571 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAT and VB would leave roughly 29.9% 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
VB is 26 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 VB.
Top shared holdings
571 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAT | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TD SYNNEX CORPORATION | 0.33% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 2 | VIATRIS INC. | 0.35% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 3 | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.28% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 4 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.53% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 5 | PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY | 0.65% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 6 | CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.47% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 7 | BALL CORPORATION | 0.69% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 8 | GENUINE PARTS COMPANY | 0.33% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 9 | Regal Rexnord Corporation | 0.46% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 10 | TOLL BROTHERS, INC. | 0.63% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 11 | DT MIDSTREAM, INC. | 0.28% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 12 | ARAMARK | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in DFAT
632 total- Amdocs Limited 0.22%
- SCORPIO TANKERS INC. 0.20%
- Copa Holdings, S.A. 0.20%
- BIRKENSTOCK HOLDING PLC 0.19%
- NMI HOLDINGS, INC. 0.17%
- GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC 0.16%
- DHT HOLDINGS, INC. 0.15%
- AUTOLIV, INC. 0.14%
- ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.13%
- TALOS ENERGY INC. 0.13%
Only in VB
738 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- Jabil Inc 0.49%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
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More comparisons with VB
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- VB vs BBSC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 27.0%
- VB vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 25.5%
- VB vs DFAC · U.S. Core Equity 2 Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 25.3%
- VB vs AVMV · Avantis U.S. Mid Cap Value ETF 22.7%
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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