ETF comparison
DFAU vs DFUS
Both US Total Market.
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
2,098 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and DFUS would leave roughly 91.7% 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
DFUS is 3 bps cheaper than DFAU. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for DFAU.
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 DFAU vs DFUS.
Top shared holdings
2,098 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAU | In DFUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.74% | 6.75% | 6.74% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.45% | 6.45% | 6.45% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.09% | 4.99% | 4.99% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.59% | 3.83% | 3.59% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.74% | 3.00% | 2.74% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.34% | 2.63% | 2.34% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.28% | 2.48% | 2.28% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.79% | 1.77% | 1.77% |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1.39% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 10 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.28% | 1.37% | 1.28% |
| 11 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.24% | 1.33% | 1.24% |
| 12 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.11% | 1.38% | 1.11% |
Only in DFAU
92 total- DIGITALBRIDGE GROUP, INC. 0.00%
- COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 0.00%
- ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. 0.00%
- Navitas Semiconductor Corp 0.00%
- Skywater Technology Inc 0.00%
- ALKAMI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0.00%
- PETCO HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMPANY, INC. 0.00%
- Aclaris Therapeutics Inc 0.00%
- GROUPON, INC. 0.00%
- Absci Corp 0.00%
Only in DFUS
136 total- Praxis Precision Medicines Inc 0.01%
- FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC. 0.01%
- THE TRADE DESK, INC. 0.00%
- TRINET GROUP, INC. 0.00%
- ATLASSIAN CORPORATION 0.00%
- MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION 0.00%
- BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0.00%
- GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY 0.00%
- M/I HOMES, INC. 0.00%
- HILLTOP HOLDINGS INC. 0.00%
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- DFAU vs SPTM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF 86.1%
- DFAU vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 86.0%
- DFAU vs IWV · iShares Russell 3000 ETF 85.9%
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- DFUS vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 91.1%
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- DFUS vs VTHR · Vanguard Russell 3000 Index Fund ETF Shares 91.0%
- DFUS vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 90.8%
- DFUS vs IWV · iShares Russell 3000 ETF 90.5%
- DFUS vs SCHK · Schwab 1000 ETF 90.5%
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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