ETF comparison
DFAUvsITOT
Both US Total Market.
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
Holdings overlap
1,898 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and ITOT would leave roughly86.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
ITOT is 9 bps cheaper than DFAU. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with DFAU vs ITOT.
Top shared holdings
1,898 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAU | In ITOT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.83% | 6.63% | 6.63% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 5.76% | 5.81% | 5.76% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.62% | 3.79% | 3.79% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.66% | 3.19% | 3.19% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 3.06% | 2.86% | 2.86% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.59% | 2.45% | 2.45% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.53% | 2.29% | 2.29% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 2.03% | 1.69% | 1.69% |
| 9 | TESLA, INC. | 1.52% | 1.62% | 1.52% |
| 10 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.20% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 11 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.07% | 1.25% | 1.07% |
| 12 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.06% | 1.30% | 1.06% |
Only in DFAU
288 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP2.15%
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION0.19%
- Carnival Corporation0.07%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A.0.06%
- COTERRA ENERGY INC.0.06%
- DUPONT DE NEMOURS, INC.0.04%
- GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.0.02%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION0.02%
- Amdocs Limited0.01%
- BIRKENSTOCK HOLDING PLC0.01%
Only in ITOT
602 total- BlackRock Funds III1.54%
- Welltower, Inc.0.22%
- Prologis, Inc.0.17%
- BlackRock Funds III0.17%
- Equinix, Inc.0.14%
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0.14%
- American Tower Corp.0.10%
- Simon Property Group, Inc.0.10%
- Honeywell International, Inc.0.10%
- Honeywell Aerospace, Inc.0.10%
Open DFAU or ITOT at a brokerage
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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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.