ETF comparison
DFCF vs VUSB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
25 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and VUSB would leave roughly 0.4% 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
VUSB is 7 bps cheaper than DFCF. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/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 VUSB.
Top shared holdings
25 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFCF | In VUSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 0.07% | 0.10% | 0.07% |
| 2 | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited | 0.06% | 0.11% | 0.06% |
| 3 | ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. | 0.05% | 0.08% | 0.05% |
| 4 | AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION | 0.05% | 0.14% | 0.05% |
| 5 | CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. | 0.05% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 6 | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company | 0.02% | 0.10% | 0.02% |
| 7 | AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION | 0.02% | 0.13% | 0.02% |
| 8 | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited | 0.01% | 0.12% | 0.01% |
| 9 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 0.01% | 0.06% | 0.01% |
| 10 | AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 11 | ING Groep N.V. | 0.01% | 0.04% | 0.01% |
| 12 | GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC. | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.01% |
Only in DFCF
1,745 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 VUSB
1,256 total- United States Treasury Bill 4.19%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.67%
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.58%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.52%
- Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.51%
- US Bancorp 0.50%
- Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.49%
- Truist Bank 0.44%
- Westlake Flooring Master Trust 0.44%
- DLLAD 2024-1 LLC 0.43%
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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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