ETF comparison
DFSV vs IJR
Both US Small Cap.
DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
300 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFSV and IJR would leave roughly 31.1% 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
IJR is 25 bps cheaper than DFSV. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/yr more in fees for DFSV.
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 DFSV vs IJR.
Top shared holdings
300 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFSV | In IJR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.58% | 0.66% | 0.58% |
| 2 | EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY | 0.50% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 3 | CarMax, Inc. | 0.44% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 4 | CONAGRA BRANDS, INC. | 0.38% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 5 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.49% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 6 | LKQ CORPORATION | 0.33% | 0.36% | 0.33% |
| 7 | ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION | 0.39% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 8 | Matson Inc | 0.40% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 9 | SM ENERGY COMPANY | 0.31% | 0.32% | 0.31% |
| 10 | ARCOSA, INC. | 0.29% | 0.39% | 0.29% |
| 11 | LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.28% | 0.34% | 0.28% |
| 12 | AMERIS BANCORP | 0.27% | 0.31% | 0.27% |
Only in DFSV
694 total- INVESCO LTD 0.76%
- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.75%
- BORGWARNER INC. 0.75%
- KNIGHT-SWIFT TRANSPORTATION HOLDINGS INC. 0.70%
- OVINTIV INC. 0.70%
- ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.69%
- APA CORPORATION 0.66%
- ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED 0.64%
- WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.62%
- ZIONS BANCORPORATION, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 0.61%
Only in IJR
303 total- FORMFACTOR INC 0.67%
- ARGAN INC 0.60%
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60%
- ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.59%
- MAXLINEAR INC 0.58%
- KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53%
- ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49%
- MATCH GROUP INC 0.48%
- ALKERMES PLC 0.47%
- EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC 0.46%
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- DFSV vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 28.9%
- DFSV vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 28.3%
- DFSV vs BBSC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 26.9%
- DFSV vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 26.2%
- DFSV vs VTWO · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares 25.6%
More comparisons with IJR
- IJR vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 31.0%
- IJR vs AVUV · Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF 27.9%
- IJR vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 20.8%
- IJR vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 19.3%
- IJR vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 19.0%
- IJR vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 16.4%
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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