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DFCF vs VGLT

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.2 %

14 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and VGLT would leave roughly 3.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFCF unmatched 118.6% Shared 3.2% VGLT unmatched 95.1%

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
1,756 positions
Shared
14 positions
In VGLT only
83 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
4.52%
Top-10 conc.
37.4%
VGLT

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Long)

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$14.84B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
4.84%
Top-10 conc.
21.5%

Sub-score comparison

83
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
56
100
Liquidity
100
61
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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DFCF sub-score VGLT

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

Cost difference

VGLT is 14 bps cheaper than DFCF. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/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 VGLT.

Top shared holdings

14 shared in total
# Holding In DFCF In VGLT Overlap
1 United States of America 0.58% 1.40% 0.58%
2 United States of America 0.50% 1.35% 0.50%
3 United States of America 0.47% 1.26% 0.47%
4 United States of America 0.30% 1.36% 0.30%
5 United States of America 0.28% 1.37% 0.28%
6 United States of America 0.25% 0.73% 0.25%
7 United States of America 0.22% 1.37% 0.22%
8 United States of America 0.16% 1.40% 0.16%
9 United States of America 0.14% 1.02% 0.14%
10 United States of America 0.14% 1.14% 0.14%
11 United States of America 0.06% 0.48% 0.06%
12 United States of America 0.04% 1.33% 0.04%

Only in DFCF

1,756 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 VGLT

83 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.22%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%

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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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