ETF comparison
DFSV vs VB
Both US Small Cap.
DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
445 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFSV and VB would leave roughly 20.5% 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
VB is 28 bps cheaper than DFSV. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/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 VB.
Top shared holdings
445 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFSV | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.62% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 2 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.70% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 3 | PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION | 0.32% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 4 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. | 0.53% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 5 | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 0.40% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 6 | AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0.42% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 7 | BORGWARNER INC. | 0.75% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 8 | APTIV PLC | 0.30% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 9 | OWENS CORNING | 0.18% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 10 | REVVITY, INC. | 0.43% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 11 | WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.22% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 12 | ALLY FINANCIAL INC. | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in DFSV
549 total- GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC 0.46%
- ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.40%
- SCORPIO TANKERS INC. 0.27%
- NMI HOLDINGS, INC. 0.22%
- Copa Holdings, S.A. 0.21%
- Amdocs Limited 0.21%
- BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 0.21%
- Seadrill Limited 0.20%
- V2X, INC. 0.18%
- DHT HOLDINGS, INC. 0.18%
Only in VB
864 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- Jabil Inc 0.49%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
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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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