ETF comparison

DFAUvsSCHB

Both US Total Market.

Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
88.8%

1,868 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and SCHB would leave roughly88.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAU only 13.1%Shared 88.8%SCHB only 11.1%
In DFAU only
318 positions
Shared
1,868 positions
In SCHB only
538 positions

Side by side

DFAU

Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF

Dimensional · US Total Market

88composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.12%
Net assets
$12.79B
TTM yield
0.90%
Top-10 conc.
34.7%
SCHB

Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF

Schwab · US Total Market

91composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$44.61B
TTM yield
1.03%
Top-10 conc.
34.9%

Sub-score comparison

88
Cost
97
89
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
65
Concentration
64
Tracking quality
DFAUsub-scoreSCHB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

SCHB 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 SCHB.

Top shared holdings

1,868 shared in total
#HoldingIn DFAUIn SCHBOverlap
1NVIDIA CORPORATION6.83%7.02%6.83%
2APPLE INC.5.76%6.26%5.76%
3MICROSOFT CORPORATION4.62%4.57%4.57%
4AMAZON.COM, INC.3.66%3.62%3.62%
5ALPHABET INC.3.06%3.03%3.03%
6BROADCOM INC.2.59%2.90%2.59%
7ALPHABET INC.2.53%2.41%2.41%
8META PLATFORMS, INC.2.03%1.89%1.89%
9TESLA, INC.1.52%1.68%1.52%
10JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.1.20%1.10%1.10%
11BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.1.07%1.19%1.07%
12ELI LILLY AND COMPANY1.06%1.20%1.06%

Only in DFAU

318 total
  • DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP2.15%
  • Carnival Corporation0.07%
  • SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A.0.06%
  • COTERRA ENERGY INC.0.06%
  • HEICO CORPORATION0.03%
  • FOX CORPORATION0.03%
  • GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.0.02%
  • SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION0.02%
  • Amdocs Limited0.01%
  • NEWS CORPORATION0.01%

Only in SCHB

538 total
  • Welltower Inc0.20%
  • Prologis Inc0.18%
  • Equinix Inc0.14%
  • American Tower Corp0.12%
  • Simon Property Group Inc0.09%
  • Digital Realty Trust Inc0.08%
  • Realty Income Corp0.08%
  • Strategy Inc0.07%
  • Public Storage0.07%
  • Ventas Inc0.05%

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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.