ETF comparison
DFAU vs SCHK
Both US Total Market.
Holdings overlap
871 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and SCHK would leave roughly 85.7% 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
SCHK 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 SCHK.
Top shared holdings
871 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAU | In SCHK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.74% | 7.29% | 6.74% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.45% | 6.51% | 6.45% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.09% | 4.75% | 4.75% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.59% | 3.75% | 3.59% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.74% | 3.14% | 2.74% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.34% | 3.01% | 2.34% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.28% | 2.50% | 2.28% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.79% | 1.96% | 1.79% |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1.39% | 1.55% | 1.39% |
| 10 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.24% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 11 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.28% | 1.15% | 1.15% |
| 12 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.11% | 1.24% | 1.11% |
Only in DFAU
1,319 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.88%
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION 0.10%
- HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC. 0.10%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.06%
- DUPONT DE NEMOURS, INC. 0.03%
- HEICO CORPORATION 0.03%
- FEDEX FREIGHT HOLDING COMPANY, INC. 0.03%
- JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.02%
- FOX CORPORATION 0.02%
- VIASAT, INC. 0.02%
Only in SCHK
115 total- Exxon Mobil Corp 0.86%
- Honeywell International Inc 0.21%
- Welltower Inc 0.20%
- Prologis Inc 0.19%
- Equinix Inc 0.15%
- American Tower Corp 0.12%
- Simon Property Group Inc 0.09%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.09%
- Realty Income Corp 0.08%
- Strategy Inc 0.07%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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/.
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