ETF comparison
DFAU vs VTI
Both US Total Market.
Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF
Holdings overlap
2,103 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAU and VTI would leave roughly 86.0% 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
VTI 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 VTI.
Top shared holdings
2,103 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAU | In VTI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.74% | 6.36% | 6.36% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.45% | 5.87% | 5.87% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.09% | 3.83% | 3.83% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.59% | 3.19% | 3.19% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.74% | 2.90% | 2.74% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.34% | 2.47% | 2.34% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.28% | 2.28% | 2.28% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.79% | 1.71% | 1.71% |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1.39% | 1.80% | 1.39% |
| 10 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.24% | 1.40% | 1.24% |
| 11 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.28% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 12 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.11% | 1.24% | 1.11% |
Only in DFAU
87 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.88%
- NXP Semiconductors N.V. 0.11%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.06%
- SHARKNINJA, INC. 0.05%
- AMCOR PLC 0.04%
- JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.02%
- AUTOLIV, INC. 0.02%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.02%
- ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.02%
- COUPANG, INC. 0.02%
Only in VTI
1,401 total- Exxon Mobil Corp 0.78%
- Welltower Inc 0.22%
- Prologis Inc 0.17%
- Equinix Inc 0.14%
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.14%
- American Tower Corp 0.11%
- Simon Property Group Inc 0.10%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.09%
- Realty Income Corp 0.08%
- Electronic Arts Inc 0.07%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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