ETF comparison
DFAU vs SCHB
Both US Total Market.
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Holdings overlap
1,861 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and SCHB would leave roughly 88.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 the cost calculator pre-filled with DFAU vs SCHB.
Top shared holdings
1,861 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAU | In SCHB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.83% | 6.47% | 6.47% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 5.76% | 5.87% | 5.76% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.62% | 4.39% | 4.39% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.66% | 3.07% | 3.07% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 3.06% | 2.73% | 2.73% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.59% | 2.27% | 2.27% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.53% | 2.18% | 2.18% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 2.03% | 2.12% | 2.03% |
| 9 | TESLA, INC. | 1.52% | 1.70% | 1.52% |
| 10 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.20% | 1.23% | 1.20% |
| 11 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.07% | 1.39% | 1.07% |
| 12 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.06% | 1.25% | 1.06% |
Only in DFAU
325 total- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 2.15%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.06%
- AMCOR PLC 0.03%
- SHARKNINJA, INC. 0.03%
- HEICO CORPORATION 0.03%
- FOX CORPORATION 0.03%
- GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0.02%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.02%
- Amdocs Limited 0.01%
- NEWS CORPORATION 0.01%
Only in SCHB
543 total- Welltower Inc 0.21%
- Prologis Inc 0.20%
- Equinix Inc 0.14%
- American Tower Corp 0.14%
- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 0.10%
- Simon Property Group Inc 0.10%
- Realty Income Corp 0.09%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.09%
- Public Storage 0.07%
- Ventas Inc 0.06%
Open DFAU or SCHB 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.