ETF comparison
DFCF vs PYLD
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and PYLD would leave roughly 0.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFCF is 47 bps cheaper than PYLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/yr more in fees for PYLD.
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 PYLD.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFCF | In PYLD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.05% |
| 2 | FISERV, INC. | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 3 | ASHTEAD CAPITAL, INC. | 0.04% | 0.23% | 0.04% |
| 4 | LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 5 | FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 6 | CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.03% |
| 7 | CROWN CASTLE INC. | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 8 | ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. | 0.12% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 9 | THE AES CORPORATION | 0.02% | 0.08% | 0.02% |
| 10 | WOODSIDE FINANCE LIMITED | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.02% |
| 11 | BROADCOM INC. | 0.02% | 0.07% | 0.02% |
| 12 | WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.02% |
Only in DFCF
1,737 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 PYLD
1,724 total- UMBS, TBA 7.01%
- UMBS, TBA 6.55%
- UMBS, TBA 4.83%
- Fannie Mae 2.97%
- UMBS, TBA 1.78%
- UMBS, TBA 1.42%
- United States Treasury 1.20%
- Freddie Mac 1.06%
- REPUBLIC OF PERU 0.89%
- RD MICHIGAN PROP OWNER I 0.84%
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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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