ETF comparison
DFCFvsGVI
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
816 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and GVI would leave roughly16.2%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
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with DFCF vs GVI.
Top shared holdings
816 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFCF | In GVI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.73% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.73% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.80% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.77% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.97% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.63% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.72% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.84% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.84% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 10 | United States of America | 1.01% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.47% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.28% | 0.74% | 0.28% |
Only in DFCF
891 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 GVI
5,362 total- BlackRock Funds III0.85%
- United States Treasury0.79%
- United States Treasury0.77%
- United States Treasury0.76%
- United States Treasury0.76%
- United States Treasury0.73%
- United States Treasury0.70%
- United States Treasury0.69%
- United States Treasury0.67%
- United States Treasury0.61%
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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.