ETF comparison
DFSV vs VIG
US Small Cap vs Dividend.
DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
75 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFSV and VIG would leave roughly 1.4% 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
VIG is 27 bps cheaper than DFSV. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/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 VIG.
Top shared holdings
75 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFSV | In VIG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 2 | MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED | 0.16% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 3 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.23% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | UNUM GROUP | 0.07% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 5 | OWENS CORNING | 0.18% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 6 | WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.36% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 7 | UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.42% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 8 | SOUTHSTATE BANK CORPORATION | 0.61% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 9 | ZIONS BANCORPORATION, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 0.61% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | RYDER SYSTEM, INC. | 0.16% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | OSHKOSH CORPORATION | 0.47% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | PROSPERITY BANCSHARES, INC. | 0.56% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in DFSV
919 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%
- OLD NATIONAL BANCORP 0.59%
Only in VIG
258 total- Broadcom Inc 4.63%
- Apple Inc 4.45%
- Microsoft Corp 4.34%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
- Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.78%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.67%
- Visa Inc 2.45%
- Walmart Inc 2.11%
- Mastercard Inc 2.00%
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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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