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ETF comparison

DFSV vs IWN

Both US Small Cap.

DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
45.2 %

718 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFSV and IWN would leave roughly 45.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFSV unmatched 54.6% Shared 45.2% IWN unmatched 54.5%

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 DFSV only
276 positions
Shared
718 positions
In IWN only
704 positions

Side by side

DFSV

DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares

Dimensional · US Small Cap

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.31%
Net assets
$26.49B
TTM yield
1.40%
Top-10 conc.
6.9%
IWN

iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF

iShares · US Small Cap

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.24%
Net assets
$13.79B
TTM yield
1.53%
Top-10 conc.
5.5%

Sub-score comparison

69
Cost
76
88
Tax efficiency
87
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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DFSV sub-score IWN

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

Cost difference

IWN is 7 bps cheaper than DFSV. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/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 IWN.

Top shared holdings

718 shared in total
# Holding In DFSV In IWN Overlap
1 VIASAT, INC. 0.58% 0.74% 0.58%
2 OLD NATIONAL BANCORP 0.59% 0.52% 0.52%
3 UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.42% 0.62% 0.42%
4 JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. 0.54% 0.41% 0.41%
5 HANCOCK WHITNEY CORPORATION 0.40% 0.40% 0.40%
6 COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY 0.49% 0.38% 0.38%
7 UNITED BANKSHARES, INC. 0.44% 0.38% 0.38%
8 Essent Group Ltd. 0.40% 0.38% 0.38%
9 Matson Inc 0.40% 0.38% 0.38%
10 ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATION 0.39% 0.36% 0.36%
11 VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP 0.51% 0.34% 0.34%
12 SM ENERGY COMPANY 0.31% 0.39% 0.31%

Only in DFSV

276 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 IWN

704 total
  • Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.65%
  • CareTrust REIT, Inc. 0.59%
  • Lumen Technologies, Inc. 0.48%
  • Terreno Realty Corp. 0.45%
  • Taylor Morrison Home Corp. 0.44%
  • Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. 0.43%
  • Macerich Co. (The) 0.43%
  • Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 0.42%
  • Garrett Motion, Inc. 0.41%
  • Portland General Electric Co. 0.40%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open DFSV or IWN at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.