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DFCF vs FBND

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · Fidelity Total Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
9.5 %

121 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and FBND would leave roughly 9.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFCF unmatched 112.3% Shared 9.5% FBND unmatched 100.5%

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 DFCF only
1,649 positions
Shared
121 positions
In FBND only
4,348 positions

Side by side

DFCF

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

Dimensional · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.17%
Net assets
$11.41B
TTM yield
4.52%
Top-10 conc.
37.4%
FBND

Fidelity Total Bond ETF

Fidelity · US Aggregate Bond

74 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.36%
Net assets
$27.90B
TTM yield
4.80%
Top-10 conc.
19.8%

Sub-score comparison

83
Cost
64
51
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
100
61
Concentration
86
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Tracking quality
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DFCF sub-score FBND

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

Cost difference

DFCF is 19 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for FBND.

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 DFCF vs FBND.

Top shared holdings

121 shared in total
# Holding In DFCF In FBND Overlap
1 United States of America 1.00% 1.49% 1.00%
2 United States of America 0.87% 0.59% 0.59%
3 United States of America 0.61% 0.54% 0.54%
4 United States of America 0.52% 0.53% 0.52%
5 United States of America 0.65% 0.48% 0.48%
6 United States of America 0.48% 0.53% 0.48%
7 United States of America 0.47% 1.20% 0.47%
8 United States of America 0.42% 1.18% 0.42%
9 United States of America 0.40% 0.46% 0.40%
10 United States of America 0.38% 0.50% 0.38%
11 United States of America 0.65% 0.35% 0.35%
12 United States of America 0.39% 0.34% 0.34%

Only in DFCF

1,649 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 6.19%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 5.34%
  • United States of America 4.70%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 4.10%
  • United States of America 3.07%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 2 3.00%
  • United States of America 2.94%
  • United States of America 2.93%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 2.85%
  • United States of America 2.25%

Only in FBND

4,348 total
  • Fidelity Revere Street Trust 4.62%
  • UST NOTES 2.34%
  • UST NOTES 2.21%
  • UST NOTES 1.81%
  • UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.53%
  • UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.26%
  • FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.19%
  • GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 1.14%
  • UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.12%
  • UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.04%

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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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