ETF comparison
JAVA vs PRF
Both US Value.
Holdings overlap
147 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of JAVA and PRF would leave roughly 40.4% 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
PRF is 10 bps cheaper than JAVA. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for JAVA.
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 JAVA vs PRF.
Top shared holdings
147 shared in total| # | Holding | In JAVA | In PRF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corp. | 3.19% | 2.63% | 2.63% |
| 2 | Apple, Inc. | 2.60% | 4.34% | 2.60% |
| 3 | Amazon.com, Inc. | 6.04% | 2.34% | 2.34% |
| 4 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.86% | 1.38% | 1.38% |
| 5 | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 1.48% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 6 | Bank of America Corp. | 2.23% | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| 7 | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | 1.20% | 1.82% | 1.20% |
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson | 1.06% | 1.13% | 1.06% |
| 9 | Citigroup, Inc. | 1.41% | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| 10 | Chevron Corp. | 0.88% | 1.30% | 0.88% |
| 11 | Wells Fargo & Co. | 2.59% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 12 | Merck & Co., Inc. | 0.74% | 0.78% | 0.74% |
Only in JAVA
12 total- NXP Semiconductors NV 1.13%
- Gates Industrial Corp. plc 0.74%
- Toast, Inc. 0.60%
- Alphabet, Inc. 0.52%
- Kontoor Brands, Inc. 0.51%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 0.34%
- Amrize Ltd. 0.31%
- Klarna Group plc 0.25%
- Guidewire Software, Inc. 0.22%
- Affirm Holdings, Inc. 0.19%
Only in PRF
853 total- Alphabet Inc. 3.66%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.86%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.71%
- Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.85%
- Verizon Communications Inc. 0.76%
- Pfizer Inc. 0.73%
- AT&T Inc. 0.65%
- Valero Energy Corp. 0.60%
- Broadcom Inc. 0.56%
- General Motors Co. 0.54%
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