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DFCF vs GVI

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
18.9 %

880 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and GVI would leave roughly 18.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFCF unmatched 102.9% Shared 18.9% GVI unmatched 80.0%

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
890 positions
Shared
880 positions
In GVI only
5,297 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
4.51%
Top-10 conc.
37.4%
GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.74B
TTM yield
3.74%
Top-10 conc.
7.4%

Sub-score comparison

83
Cost
80
51
Tax efficiency
53
100
Liquidity
81
61
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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DFCF sub-score GVI

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

Cost difference

DFCF is 3 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for GVI.

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 GVI.

Top shared holdings

880 shared in total
# Holding In DFCF In GVI Overlap
1 United States of America 0.65% 0.60% 0.60%
2 United States of America 0.72% 0.59% 0.59%
3 United States of America 0.89% 0.58% 0.58%
4 United States of America 0.87% 0.57% 0.57%
5 United States of America 0.61% 0.56% 0.56%
6 United States of America 0.65% 0.56% 0.56%
7 United States of America 0.53% 0.59% 0.53%
8 United States of America 0.75% 0.52% 0.52%
9 United States of America 0.76% 0.51% 0.51%
10 United States of America 0.91% 0.41% 0.41%
11 United States of America 0.39% 0.61% 0.39%
12 United States of America 0.42% 0.30% 0.30%

Only in DFCF

890 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 GVI

5,297 total
  • United States Treasury 0.79%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.73%
  • United States Treasury 0.70%
  • United States Treasury 0.69%
  • United States Treasury 0.67%
  • United States Treasury 0.60%
  • United States Treasury 0.56%
  • United States Treasury 0.55%

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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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