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DFSV vs VUG

US Small Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.

DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFSV and VUG would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

DFSV unmatched 99.8% Shared 0.0% VUG unmatched 100.0%

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
994 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VUG only
146 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%
VUG

Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap Growth

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$392.07B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
0.40%
Top-10 conc.
60.4%

Sub-score comparison

69
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
28
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Tracking quality
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DFSV sub-score VUG

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

Cost difference

VUG 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 VUG.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in DFSV

994 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 VUG

146 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
  • Apple Inc 11.67%
  • Microsoft Corp 7.61%
  • Alphabet Inc 5.76%
  • Alphabet Inc 4.53%
  • Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.28%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
  • Tesla Inc 3.27%
  • Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%

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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/.

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.