DFATvsVBR

Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF or Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 42% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 469 stocks in both. VBR costs 0.05% a year against 0.28% for DFAT, $23 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months DFAT returned +32.1% and VBR +27.0%.

42%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
DFAT76% in stocks the other holds too
VBR49% 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.

DFATVBRYearly cost0.28%0.05%Net assets$14.5B$67.8BPositions1,211845Last 12 months+32.1%+27.0%3 years, a year+14.2%+16.1%5 years, a year+11.5%+9.2%Largest holdingDimensional 4.1%Vanguard 0.9%Main sectorFinancial Services 28%Industrials 17%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$168VBR$157
May 2021June 2026

More comparisons

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