ETF comparison
DFSV vs VTWO
Both US Small Cap.
DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
732 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFSV and VTWO would leave roughly 25.6% 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
VTWO 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 VTWO.
Top shared holdings
732 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFSV | In VTWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIASAT, INC. | 0.58% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 2 | UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 0.42% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 3 | COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY | 0.49% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | OLD NATIONAL BANCORP | 0.59% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 5 | SM ENERGY COMPANY | 0.31% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.54% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 7 | VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP | 0.51% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 8 | TEREX CORPORATION | 0.22% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 9 | ARCOSA, INC. | 0.29% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 10 | UNITED BANKSHARES, INC. | 0.44% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | NOBLE CORPORATION PLC | 0.39% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 12 | Valaris Limited | 0.26% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
Only in DFSV
262 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 VTWO
1,213 total- Bloom Energy Corp 1.83%
- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.12%
- Sterling Infrastructure Inc 0.75%
- Fabrinet 0.69%
- Nextpower Inc 0.67%
- IonQ Inc 0.63%
- Coeur Mining Inc 0.58%
- TTM Technologies Inc 0.52%
- EchoStar Corp 0.51%
- Guardant Health Inc 0.47%
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- DFSV vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 20.5%
- DFSV vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 19.0%
- DFSV vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 15.4%
- DFSV vs VIOG · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 10.9%
- DFSV vs IJT · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF 9.9%
- DFSV vs IWO · iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF 6.5%
More comparisons with VTWO
- VTWO vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 25.1%
- VTWO vs AVUV · Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF 24.8%
- VTWO vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 18.8%
- VTWO vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 6.1%
- VTWO vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 4.9%
- VTWO vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 4.9%
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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