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ETF comparison

DFAU vs SPY

US Total Market vs US Large Cap.

Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Holdings overlap

0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and SPY would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAU only 0.0% Shared 0.0% SPY only 0.0%
In DFAU only
0 positions
Shared
0 positions
In SPY only
0 positions

Holdings data for DFAU covers 0.0% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Holdings data for SPY covers 0.0% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

DFAU

Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF

Dimensional · US Total Market

91 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.12%
Net assets
$11.47B
TTM yield
0.94%
Top-10 conc.
SPY

State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

State Street · US Large Cap

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.095%
Net assets
$735.06B
TTM yield
1.03%
Top-10 conc.

Sub-score comparison

88
Cost
91
87
Tax efficiency
87
100
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
N/A
Tracking quality
DFAU sub-score SPY

Tracking-quality sub-score is not yet computed for any fund — see methodology for which inputs are live.

Cost difference

SPY is 3 bps cheaper than DFAU. On a $100,000 position that's about $25/yr more in fees for DFAU.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. It compounds over time — we publish a fuller cost-projection calculator on the methodology page.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in DFAU

0 total

Every DFAU position is also held by SPY.

Only in SPY

0 total

Every SPY position is also held by DFAU.

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.