ETF comparison
DFAU vs IWV
Both US Total Market.
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · iShares Russell 3000 ETF
Holdings overlap
1,983 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and IWV would leave roughly 85.9% 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 8 bps cheaper than IWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/yr more in fees for IWV.
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 IWV.
Top shared holdings
1,983 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAU | In IWV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.74% | 6.43% | 6.43% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.45% | 5.76% | 5.76% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.09% | 3.82% | 3.82% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.59% | 3.19% | 3.19% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.74% | 2.87% | 2.74% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.34% | 2.42% | 2.34% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.28% | 2.31% | 2.28% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.79% | 1.71% | 1.71% |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1.39% | 1.79% | 1.39% |
| 10 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.24% | 1.32% | 1.24% |
| 11 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.28% | 1.21% | 1.21% |
| 12 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.11% | 1.28% | 1.11% |
Only in DFAU
207 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.88%
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.27%
- TE CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.12%
- NXP Semiconductors N.V. 0.11%
- AUTOLIV, INC. 0.02%
- ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.02%
- GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC 0.01%
- FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01%
- Copa Holdings, S.A. 0.01%
- ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY 0.01%
Only in IWV
607 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.78%
- WELLTOWER INC 0.22%
- PROLOGIS INC 0.17%
- EQUINIX INC 0.14%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 0.12%
- AMERICAN TOWER CORP 0.11%
- SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC 0.10%
- DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC 0.09%
- REALTY INCOME CORP 0.08%
- ELECTRONIC ARTS INC 0.07%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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