ETF comparison
DFLV vs VUG
US Value vs US Large Cap Growth.
Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFLV and VUG would leave roughly 7.4% 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
VUG is 18 bps cheaper than DFLV. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for DFLV.
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 DFLV vs VUG.
Top shared holdings
30 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFLV | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 4.00% | 4.47% | 4.00% |
| 2 | INTEL CORPORATION | 0.81% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 3 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 0.79% | 3.41% | 0.79% |
| 4 | VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | 0.30% | 0.36% | 0.30% |
| 5 | UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.32% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | STRYKER CORPORATION | 0.26% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 7 | BLOCK, INC. | 0.16% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 8 | VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY | 0.41% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 9 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | 0.15% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | RESMED INC. | 0.21% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | SYNOPSYS, INC. | 0.10% | 0.25% | 0.10% |
| 12 | ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. | 0.09% | 0.12% | 0.09% |
Only in DFLV
304 total- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.80%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 3.57%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.38%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.30%
- CHEVRON CORPORATION 1.87%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.81%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 1.54%
- MERCK & CO., INC. 1.31%
- THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 1.26%
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.15%
Only in VUG
116 total- NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
- Apple Inc 11.67%
- Microsoft Corp 7.61%
- Alphabet Inc 5.76%
- Alphabet Inc 4.53%
- Broadcom Inc 4.28%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.62%
- Applied Materials Inc 1.60%
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- DFLV vs IWF · iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF 5.0%
- DFLV vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 1.7%
- DFLV vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 0.0%
- DFLV vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.0%
- DFLV vs DFUV · Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 75.2%
More comparisons with VUG
- VUG vs IWR · iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 7.1%
- VUG vs DFUV · Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 7.0%
- VUG vs MGV · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF 5.9%
- VUG vs SPLV · Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF 5.8%
- VUG vs IWP · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF 5.6%
- VUG vs VTV · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF 3.7%
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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