ETF comparison
DFAT vs VBR
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
489 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAT and VBR would leave roughly 43.2% 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
VBR is 24 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/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 VBR.
Top shared holdings
489 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAT | In VBR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.53% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 2 | PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY | 0.65% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 3 | CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.47% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 4 | BALL CORPORATION | 0.69% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 5 | VIATRIS INC. | 0.35% | 0.40% | 0.35% |
| 6 | Regal Rexnord Corporation | 0.46% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 7 | TOLL BROTHERS, INC. | 0.63% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 8 | TD SYNNEX CORPORATION | 0.33% | 0.41% | 0.33% |
| 9 | GENUINE PARTS COMPANY | 0.33% | 0.35% | 0.33% |
| 10 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.79% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 11 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. | 0.38% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 12 | JONES LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED | 0.36% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
Only in DFAT
714 total- DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. 0.39%
- LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. 0.35%
- NOBLE CORPORATION PLC 0.24%
- Amdocs Limited 0.22%
- Valaris Limited 0.22%
- CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC. 0.21%
- SCORPIO TANKERS INC. 0.20%
- Copa Holdings, S.A. 0.20%
- HERC HOLDINGS INC. 0.19%
- BIRKENSTOCK HOLDING PLC 0.19%
Only in VBR
351 total- Jabil Inc 0.87%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.66%
- Tapestry Inc 0.63%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.62%
- Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.59%
- Moderna Inc 0.54%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%
- F5 Inc 0.50%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.48%
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 0.47%
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- VBR vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 41.3%
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- VBR vs DFSV · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares 30.2%
- VBR vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 29.9%
- VBR vs BBSC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 26.3%
- VBR vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 25.8%
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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