DFASvsVTWO

Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF or Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 50% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 1,151 stocks in both. VTWO costs 0.06% a year against 0.26% for DFAS, $20 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months DFAS returned +26.9% and VTWO +43.2%.

50%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
DFAS52% in stocks the other holds too
VTWO72% in stocks the other holds too
stocks in bothstocks only in that fundbonds, cash and unmatched shares

The two funds

From each fund's latest N-PORT filing and its prospectus.

DFASVTWOYearly cost0.26%0.06%Net assets$15.3B$17.5BPositions2,0601,957Last 12 months+26.9%+43.2%3 years, a year+13.2%+20.3%5 years, a year+8.7%+6.7%Largest holdingDimensional 7.7%Vanguard 2.4%Main sectorFinancial Services 20%Technology 18%Holdings as ofJul 31, 2026May 31, 2026

Returns are total returns with dividends reinvested, from the funds’ own monthly figures; “(price)” marks a fund whose filing record is younger than a year, whose twelve months are its price change. The stronger figure in each row is set in bold. Past returns say what happened, not what will.

Growth of $100

Both funds from May 2021, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

DFAS$146VTWO$138
May 2021May 2026

More comparisons

From each fund’s Form N-PORT (DFAS: July 2026, VTWO: May 2026) and prospectus, via the SEC’s public data sets. Overlap counts only the stocks we can match to a listing: stock by stock, the smaller of the two weights, added up.