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DFCF vs GOVT

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
12.9 %

55 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and GOVT would leave roughly 12.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFCF only 110.0% Shared 12.9% GOVT only 86.1%
In DFCF only
1,652 positions
Shared
55 positions
In GOVT only
169 positions

Side by side

DFCF

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

Dimensional · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.17%
Net assets
$10.87B
TTM yield
4.36%
Top-10 conc.
36.8%
GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$43.73B
TTM yield
3.60%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%

Sub-score comparison

83
Cost
95
52
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
62
Concentration
83
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Tracking quality
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DFCF sub-score GOVT

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

Cost difference

GOVT is 12 bps cheaper than DFCF. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for DFCF.

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 GOVT.

Top shared holdings

55 shared in total
# Holding In DFCF In GOVT Overlap
1 United States of America 0.97% 0.85% 0.85%
2 United States of America 1.01% 0.82% 0.82%
3 United States of America 0.80% 5.25% 0.80%
4 United States of America 0.72% 0.82% 0.72%
5 United States of America 0.77% 0.64% 0.64%
6 United States of America 0.63% 0.76% 0.63%
7 United States of America 0.84% 0.52% 0.52%
8 United States of America 0.84% 0.49% 0.49%
9 United States of America 0.73% 0.48% 0.48%
10 United States of America 0.44% 0.49% 0.44%
11 United States of America 0.40% 0.39% 0.39%
12 United States of America 0.36% 0.38% 0.36%

Only in DFCF

1,652 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 6.06%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 5.55%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 4.66%
  • United States of America 3.48%
  • United States of America 3.32%
  • United States of America 2.94%
  • United States of America 2.89%
  • United States of America 2.72%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 2.70%
  • United States of America 2.48%

Only in GOVT

169 total
  • United States of America 2.92%
  • United States of America 2.60%
  • United States of America 2.06%
  • United States of America 1.59%
  • United States of America 1.55%
  • United States of America 1.51%
  • United States of America 1.49%
  • United States of America 1.39%
  • United States of America 1.37%
  • United States of America 1.34%

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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.