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ETF comparison

DFAU vs VOO

US Total Market vs US Large Cap.

Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
82.0 %

471 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and VOO would leave roughly 82.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFAU unmatched 17.8% Shared 82.0% VOO unmatched 17.8%

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.

In DFAU only
1,719 positions
Shared
471 positions
In VOO only
33 positions

Side by side

DFAU

Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF

Dimensional · US Total Market

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.12%
Net assets
$12.78B
TTM yield
0.90%
Top-10 conc.
33.7%
VOO

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap

91 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$1.73T
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
1.06%
Top-10 conc.
36.4%

Sub-score comparison

88
Cost
97
89
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
66
Concentration
62
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Tracking quality
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DFAU sub-score VOO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VOO 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 VOO.

Top shared holdings

471 shared in total
# Holding In DFAU In VOO Overlap
1 NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.74% 7.51% 6.74%
2 APPLE INC. 6.45% 6.59% 6.45%
3 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.09% 4.30% 4.30%
4 AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.59% 3.62% 3.59%
5 ALPHABET INC. 2.74% 3.25% 2.74%
6 BROADCOM INC. 2.34% 2.77% 2.34%
7 ALPHABET INC. 2.28% 2.59% 2.28%
8 META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.79% 1.92% 1.79%
9 MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.39% 2.02% 1.39%
10 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.28% 1.26% 1.26%
11 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.24% 1.47% 1.24%
12 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.11% 1.42% 1.11%

Only in DFAU

1,719 total
  • EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.88%
  • CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. 0.11%
  • SNOWFLAKE INC. 0.09%
  • FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC. 0.09%
  • SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.06%
  • LPL FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC. 0.06%
  • TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.05%
  • BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION 0.05%
  • CLOUDFLARE, INC. 0.05%
  • ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0.05%

Only in VOO

33 total
  • Exxon Mobil Corp 0.88%
  • Welltower Inc 0.25%
  • Prologis Inc 0.20%
  • Equinix Inc 0.16%
  • American Tower Corp 0.12%
  • Simon Property Group Inc 0.11%
  • Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.09%
  • Realty Income Corp 0.09%
  • Public Storage 0.08%
  • Electronic Arts Inc 0.07%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open DFAU or VOO 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.