ETF comparison
DFSV vs VBR
Both US Small Cap.
DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
394 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFSV and VBR would leave roughly 30.2% 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
VBR is 26 bps cheaper than DFSV. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 VBR.
Top shared holdings
394 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFSV | In VBR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.62% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 2 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.70% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 3 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. | 0.53% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 4 | AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0.42% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 5 | BORGWARNER INC. | 0.75% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 6 | APTIV PLC | 0.30% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 7 | REVVITY, INC. | 0.43% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 8 | ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED | 0.64% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 9 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.58% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 10 | APA CORPORATION | 0.66% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 11 | THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY | 0.40% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 12 | INVESCO LTD | 0.76% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
Only in DFSV
600 total- DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. 0.57%
- GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC 0.46%
- ICON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.40%
- NOBLE CORPORATION PLC 0.39%
- Transocean Ltd. 0.35%
- BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC. 0.32%
- LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. 0.28%
- CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC. 0.27%
- SCORPIO TANKERS INC. 0.27%
- Valaris Limited 0.26%
Only in VBR
446 total- Jabil Inc 0.87%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.66%
- Tapestry Inc 0.63%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.62%
- Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.59%
- Moderna Inc 0.54%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%
- F5 Inc 0.50%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.48%
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 0.47%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with DFSV
- 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%
- DFSV vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 20.5%
More comparisons with VBR
- VBR vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 29.9%
- VBR vs BBSC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 26.3%
- VBR vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 25.8%
- VBR vs VTWO · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares 25.1%
- VBR vs SPSM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF 20.9%
- VBR vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 20.8%
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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