DFSVvsVBR

Dimensional US Small Cap Value ETF or Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 29% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 377 stocks in both. VBR costs 0.05% a year against 0.30% for DFSV, $25 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months DFSV returned +35.0% and VBR +27.0%.

29%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
DFSV73% in stocks the other holds too
VBR34% 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.

DFSVVBRYearly cost0.30%0.05%Net assets$8.2B$67.8BPositions1,000845Last 12 months+35.0%+27.0%3 years, a year+14.4%+16.1%5 years, a yearn/a+9.2%Largest holdingDimensional 5.7%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 February 2022, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

DFSV$161VBR$156
February 2022June 2026

More comparisons

From each fund’s Form N-PORT (DFSV: 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.