ETF comparison
DFAT vs VIG
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
107 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAT and VIG would leave roughly 2.2% 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
VIG is 25 bps cheaper than DFAT. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/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 VIG.
Top shared holdings
107 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAT | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IDEX CORPORATION | 0.10% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 2 | REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED | 0.35% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 3 | GLOBE LIFE INC. | 0.51% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | DT MIDSTREAM, INC. | 0.28% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | ASSURANT, INC. | 0.28% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. | 0.50% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED | 0.19% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.11% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | UNUM GROUP | 0.43% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | OWENS CORNING | 0.43% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.31% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | PENTAIR PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.11% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in DFAT
1,096 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 VIG
226 total- Broadcom Inc 4.63%
- Apple Inc 4.45%
- Microsoft Corp 4.34%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.78%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.67%
- Visa Inc 2.45%
- Walmart Inc 2.11%
- Mastercard Inc 2.00%
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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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