ETF comparison
DFCFvsGOVT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
55 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and GOVT would leave roughly12.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor 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 thecost 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 Association6.06%
- Federal National Mortgage Association5.55%
- Federal National Mortgage Association4.66%
- United States of America3.48%
- United States of America3.32%
- United States of America2.94%
- United States of America2.89%
- United States of America2.72%
- Federal National Mortgage Association2.70%
- United States of America2.48%
Only in GOVT
169 total- United States of America2.92%
- United States of America2.60%
- United States of America2.06%
- United States of America1.59%
- United States of America1.55%
- United States of America1.51%
- United States of America1.49%
- United States of America1.39%
- United States of America1.37%
- United States of America1.34%
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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.