Which is cheaper, DFAL or VIG?

VIG is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFAL and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 54% of DFAL and 93% of VIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DFAL vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAL and VIG hold 26% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF, and $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

VIG costs 0.08 points a year less; VIG is far larger, $130.9bn against $1.5bn.

	DFAL	VIG
Expense ratio	0.12%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.5bn	$130.9bn
Total return, 1 year	not published	+12.0%
What it tracks	not published	S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Holdings in common	26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.6%	33.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

+6.3%

DFAL total return, since launch, Jun 23, 2026

+12.0%

VIG total return, 1 year

0.12%

DFAL expense ratio

0.04%

VIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAL and VIG hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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26% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAL VIG

APPLE INC. 3.83% 4.50%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.82% 4.67%

BROADCOM INC. 1.57% 4.34%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 0.87% 4.07%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 0.85% 3.90%

VISA INC. 0.52% 2.50%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.51% 2.84%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.51% 2.73%

MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.43% 2.03%

WALMART INC. 0.41% 1.96%

ABBVIE INC. 0.35% 1.93%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.34% 1.86%

Only in DFAL

iShares Russell Top 200 Growth Index ETF 13.12%

Ishares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund 8.84%

DFA Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 7.98%

Dimensional U S Core Equity 2 ETF 6.89%

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 4.68%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.93%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.38%

ALPHABET INC. 2.09%

Only in VIG

MKTLIQ 0.29%

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.13%

Royal Gold Inc 0.09%

Tractor Supply Co 0.08%

ITT Inc 0.08%

Nordson Corp 0.07%

Albemarle Corp 0.07%

RB Global Inc 0.07%

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On the same fields

DFAL

Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF

VIG

Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional Vanguard

What it is Equity fund Tracks an index of Dividend growth

Total return, 1 year +6.3% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) +12.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +6.4% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −0.1 pts (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) −5.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.12% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 53.9% 92.6%

Holdings 545 335

Net assets, DFAL as of Jul 31, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.5bn $109.1bn

DFAL and VIG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DFAL in plain words

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 54% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 545 positions, with the top ten at 56.6%.

VIG in plain words

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 335 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DFAL or VIG?: VIG is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAL and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 54% of DFAL and 93% of VIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗VIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIG ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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