DFATvsIJS

Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF or iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 26% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 288 stocks in both. IJS costs 0.18% a year against 0.28% for DFAT, $10 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months DFAT returned +32.1% and IJS +39.5%.

26%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
DFAT27% in stocks the other holds too
IJS64% 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.

DFATIJSYearly cost0.28%0.18%Net assets$14.5B$8.0BPositions1,211476Last 12 months+32.1%+39.5%3 years, a year+14.2%+14.8%5 years, a year+11.5%+7.1%Largest holdingDimensional 4.1%Blackrock 5.0%Main sectorFinancial Services 28%Financial Services 18%Holdings as ofJul 31, 2026Jun 30, 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.

DFAT$168IJS$145
May 2021June 2026

More comparisons

From each fund’s Form N-PORT (DFAT: July 2026, IJS: June 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.