ETF comparison
DFAUvsSCHB
Both US Total Market.
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Holdings overlap
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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| # | Holding | In DFAU | In SCHB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.83% | 7.02% | 6.83% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 5.76% | 6.26% | 5.76% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.62% | 4.57% | 4.57% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.66% | 3.62% | 3.62% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 3.06% | 3.03% | 3.03% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.59% | 2.90% | 2.59% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.53% | 2.41% | 2.41% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 2.03% | 1.89% | 1.89% |
| 9 | TESLA, INC. | 1.52% | 1.68% | 1.52% |
| 10 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.20% | 1.10% | 1.10% |
| 11 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.07% | 1.19% | 1.07% |
| 12 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.06% | 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%
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.