ETF comparison
DFAU vs IWD
US Total Market vs US Value.
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
Holdings overlap
755 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and IWD would leave roughly 58.2% 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
DFAU is 6 bps cheaper than IWD. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/yr more in fees for IWD.
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 IWD.
Top shared holdings
755 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAU | In IWD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APPLE INC. | 6.45% | 5.37% | 5.37% |
| 2 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.09% | 3.88% | 3.88% |
| 3 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.59% | 5.93% | 3.59% |
| 4 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.28% | 2.45% | 1.28% |
| 5 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.11% | 2.61% | 1.11% |
| 6 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.73% | 1.71% | 0.73% |
| 7 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.79% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 8 | WALMART INC. | 0.58% | 1.27% | 0.58% |
| 9 | ABBVIE INC. | 0.54% | 1.15% | 0.54% |
| 10 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 0.53% | 1.30% | 0.53% |
| 11 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 0.50% | 0.89% | 0.50% |
| 12 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 0.50% | 0.98% | 0.50% |
Only in DFAU
1,435 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.74%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.74%
- BROADCOM INC. 2.34%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.28%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.39%
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.24%
- TESLA, INC. 1.08%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.88%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.86%
- VISA INC. 0.75%
Only in IWD
115 total- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 1.59%
- WELLTOWER INC. 0.45%
- PROLOGIS, INC. 0.35%
- EQUINIX, INC. 0.29%
- DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. 0.18%
- REALTY INCOME CORPORATION 0.16%
- PUBLIC STORAGE. 0.12%
- ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. 0.12%
- VENTAS, INC. 0.12%
- IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED 0.10%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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