ACVF vs DFAU: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

American Conservative Values ETF

ACVFBNYSE Arca

Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF

DFAUANYSE Arca

Overlap

55.1%by weight

Expense ratio

DFAU −0.63pt a year

ACVF0.75%DFAU0.12%

Avg volume · 30D

DFAU 106.5×the volume

ACVF5.21KDFAU555K

5Y return · a year

DFAU +1.0pt

ACVF+10.6%DFAU+11.6%

ACVF vs DFAU Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+65.2%ACVF+72.9%DFAU

Expense ratio: ACVF 0.75%; DFAU 0.12%, better
Fund size: ACVF $156M; DFAU $12.9B
1Y total return: ACVF +11.4%; DFAU +13.2%, better
Yield (12M): ACVF 0.48%; DFAU 0.90%, better
Holdings: ACVF 387; DFAU 2165
Avg volume (30D): ACVF 5.21K sh; DFAU 555K sh, better
NAV per share: ACVF $55.80; DFAU $52.28
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for ACVF, DFAU, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	ACVF	DFAU
Cost30% weight	D36	A97Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	A83
Risk15% weight	A71Higher	B65
Tradability15% weight	B60	A87Higher
Holdings10% weight	A86Higher	A84
Durability5% weight	B63	A91Higher

Rank among US Active Equity funds

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Same Category. ACVF and DFAU are both graded against the same 121 US Active Equity funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Active Equity⁠

Category · 121 funds

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DFAU ranks 2nd and ACVF 52nd of 121 funds in the US Active Equity Category.

Rank 1AAVLCAvantis U.S. Large Cap Equity ETFScore 87
Rank 2ADFAUDimensional US Core Equity Market ETFScore 86
Rank 3ADFACDimensional US Core Equity 2 ETFScore 85
Rank 51BAFOSARS Focused Opportunity Strategy ETFScore 57
Rank 52BACVFAmerican Conservative Values ETFScore 56
Rank 53CGOPSubversive Congressional Republicans Trading ETFScore 54

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

ACVFBAmerican Conservative Values ETF

DFAUADimensional US Core Equity Market ETF

In short

ACVF A fund that puts its convictions in its name. American Conservative Values runs an actively managed, all-US stock portfolio chasing long-term growth, with capital preservation written into the mandate as the secondary goal. Small, hands-on, unapologetically domestic.

DFAU Active management priced like an index fund. Dimensional spreads across roughly 2,400 US stocks, then tilts the weights toward value, profitability and momentum instead of simply mirroring the Russell 3000.

Stated mandate

ACVF The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation, with capital preservation as a secondary objective.

DFAU Seeks long-term capital appreciation. It uses an integrated research, portfolio-design, management, and trading process to build a broadly diversified portfolio of U.S. companies while balancing long-term return drivers, risk, shorter-term considerations, and trading costs.

Why people hold it

ACVF Its filings name capital preservation as a secondary objective alongside long-term capital appreciation, a defensive tilt most US stock funds never put in writing.
No structural gimmicks: a standard 1940 Act ETF holding shares of US companies, with cash distributed quarterly.
Lands in the upper half of the actively managed US equity funds we review, with the portfolio itself its strongest element.

DFAU Charges 0.12% a year, well under the 0.65% median for active US equity funds and the cheapest of the top-graded names in its group (AVLC, DFAC, FELC).
Holds roughly 2,400 US companies, so no single name steers the fund. Whole-market coverage, not a concentrated bet.
Active without the stock-picking drama: it leans weights toward value, profitability and momentum, using the Russell 3000 as its reference point rather than a rigid rulebook.
A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the strongest overall implementations in its active US equity peer group.

Worth knowing

ACVF 0.75% a year is real money next to plain active core rivals like DFAU and DFAC. The values overlay comes with a price tag.
A small fund that trades lightly, so spreads can widen at the open and close. Limit orders are the standard defense.
Launched in 2020, so the track record covers a short stretch of market history.

DFAU Those tilts cut both ways: results can drift from a plain Russell 3000 fund for long stretches, in either direction.
No published index behind it. The trade-off for flexibility is that you're buying Dimensional's process, not a public set of rules you can check line by line.
Distributions land quarterly, not monthly, and the mandate is long-term capital appreciation rather than income.

Full ACVF profile⁠

Full DFAU profile⁠

ACVF vs DFAU Holdings

How ACVF and DFAU differ

Overlap by weight

55.1%

Shared holdings make up 97.6% of ACVF and 58.1% of DFAU.

Level by level

Holdings351 in both55.1%
Sector11 Sectors91.4%
Countryby domicile99.2%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in ACVF and DFAU, widest gap first
Sector	More in ACVFMore in DFAU	ACVF	DFAU
Technology	ACVF +5.6 points	42.2%	36.6%
Communication	DFAU +4.7 points	3.3%	8.0%
Real Estate	ACVF +1.4 points	1.5%	0.1%
Financials	DFAU +1.2 points	11.7%	12.9%
Energy	DFAU +1.2 points	3.7%	4.9%
Materials	DFAU +0.9 points	1.8%	2.7%
Consumer Staples	ACVF +0.8 points	5.5%	4.7%
Industrials	ACVF +0.7 points	9.6%	8.9%
Health Care	DFAU +0.4 points	9.3%	9.7%
Utilities	DFAU +0.2 points	1.9%	2.1%
Consumer Discretionary	ACVF +0.2 points	9.6%	9.4%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in ACVF and DFAU, widest gap first
Country	More in ACVFMore in DFAU	ACVF	DFAU
Switzerland	ACVF +0.6 points	0.9%	0.3%
United States	DFAU +0.5 points	98.8%	99.3%
Other countries (10)	DFAU +0.1 points	0.3%	0.4%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

ACVF29.0%
DFAU33.4%

Securities held

ACVF386
DFAU2,164

Asset class

ACVF: Equity
DFAU: Equity

Holdings

Only in ACVF35
In both351
Only in DFAU1,813

Only in ACVF

35 securities, 2.4% of ACVF by weight

Prologis Inc0.30%
Equinix Inc0.23%
Welltower Inc0.17%
Ubiquiti Inc0.15%
Charter Communications Inc-A0.15%
American Tower Corp0.15%
Rb Global Inc0.13%
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd0.13%
Public Storage0.11%
Digital Realty Trust Inc0.09%
Newsmax Inc Class B0.09%
Fiserv Inc0.08%
Vivmark Residential0.08%
Simon Property Group Inc0.08%
Crown Castle Intl Corp0.07%
Zoetis Inc0.06%
Fidelity National Info Serv0.05%
Trump Media & Technology0.04%
Ventas Inc.0.04%
Skydance Corporation0.03%
Weyerhaeuser Co0.02%
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc0.02%
Realty Income Corp0.02%
Sba Communications Corp0.01%
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.0.01%
Extra Space Storage Inc0.01%
Mid-America Apartment Comm<0.01%
Grail, Llc<0.01%
Versigent Ltd-W/I<0.01%
Aes Corp<0.01%
Alexandria Real Estate Equitie<0.01%
Millrose Properties-Cl A W/I<0.01%
Amentum Holdings Inc<0.01%
Embecta Corp-W/I<0.01%
Fmc Corp<0.01%

Only in DFAU

1,813 securities, 41.9% of DFAU by weight

Apple Inc.7.10%
Amazon.com Inc.3.14%
Alphabet Inc - Class A2.14%
Meta Platforms Inc1.78%
Alphabet Inc1.76%
JPMorgan Chase & Co1.21%
Visa Inc0.96%
Johnson & Johnson0.78%
Costco Wholesale Corp.0.48%
Coca Cola Co.0.46%
UnitedHealth Group Inc.0.40%
Bank of America Corp0.39%
International Business Ma0.36%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.0.35%
Wells Fargo & Co.0.34%
Verizon Communications0.30%
Sandisk Corp/De0.27%
American Express Co.0.26%
Netflix.com Inc.0.24%
Salesforce Inc0.24%
Western Digital0.24%
Walt Disney Co/The0.22%
Pfizer Inc.0.19%
Phillips 660.19%
BlackRock Funding Inc/De0.18%
Progressive Corp0.18%
Dell Technologies Inc0.17%
Valero Energy Corp0.17%
General Motors0.17%
Allstate Corp.0.15%
Target Corp.0.15%
Starbucks Corp0.14%
United Rentals Inc.0.14%
Lowe's Cos Inc0.13%
Cheniere Energy Inc0.13%
U.s. Bancorp0.12%
Marvell Technology Inc0.12%
Targa Resources Corp0.12%
Apollo Global Management0.12%
Delta Air Lines Inc.0.11%
Crh PLC0.11%
Diamondback Energy Inc0.11%
Vertiv Holdings Co0.10%
Moderna Inc0.10%
Devon Energy Corp.0.10%
Snowflake Inc0.10%
Nasdaq Inc0.10%
PayPal Holdings Inc0.09%
Carnival Corp Ltd0.09%
Howmet Aerospace Inc0.09%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 351 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in ACVF and DFAU, widest gap first
Holding	More in ACVFMore in DFAU	ACVF	DFAU
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	ACVF +2.12 points	2.66%	0.54%
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	ACVF +1.22 points	8.01%	6.79%
Wal-Mart Stores IncWMT	ACVF +1.14 points	1.82%	0.68%
Arista Networks IncANET	ACVF +1.09 points	1.30%	0.21%
Mastercard Inc - AMA	ACVF +0.98 points	1.67%	0.69%
Exxonmobil Holdings Corp Common Stock USDXOM	ACVF +0.70 points	1.77%	1.07%
Home Depot IncHD	ACVF +0.68 points	1.14%	0.46%
Airbnb IncABNB	ACVF +0.64 points	0.71%	0.07%
Corning IncGLW	ACVF +0.63 points	0.73%	0.10%
Tjx Companies IncTJX	ACVF +0.63 points	0.83%	0.20%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	ACVF +0.60 points	0.99%	0.39%
Verisign IncVRSN	ACVF +0.59 points	0.64%	0.05%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc-Cl BBRK.B	ACVF +0.57 points	1.72%	1.15%
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW	ACVF +0.56 points	0.76%	0.20%
Southern Co/TheSO	ACVF +0.53 points	0.65%	0.12%
Motorola Solutions IncMSI	ACVF +0.53 points	0.68%	0.15%
Advanced Micro Devices IncAMD	ACVF +0.51 points	1.53%	1.02%
Mcdonalds CorpMCD	ACVF +0.51 points	0.72%	0.21%
Analog Devices IncADI	ACVF +0.51 points	0.75%	0.24%
T-Mobile Us IncTMUS	ACVF +0.50 points	0.61%	0.11%
Eli Lilly & CoLLY	ACVF +0.48 points	1.93%	1.45%
AbbVie IncABBV	ACVF +0.47 points	1.08%	0.61%
Booking Holdings IncBKNG	ACVF +0.45 points	0.58%	0.13%
Citigroup IncC	ACVF +0.44 points	0.68%	0.24%
Philip Morris InternationalPM	ACVF +0.43 points	0.80%	0.37%
Marriott International, Inc Class AMAR	ACVF +0.41 points	0.55%	0.14%
Garmin LtdGRMN	ACVF +0.41 points	0.50%	0.09%
Spotify Technology SASPOT	ACVF +0.41 points	0.48%	0.07%
Pnc Financial Services GroupPNC	ACVF +0.40 points	0.51%	0.11%
Cme Group IncCME	ACVF +0.37 points	0.48%	0.11%
Lam Resh CorpLRCX	ACVF +0.37 points	0.73%	0.36%
Eaton Corp PLCETN	ACVF +0.37 points	0.54%	0.17%
Expedia Group IncEXPE	ACVF +0.37 points	0.43%	0.06%
Kla CorporationKLAC	ACVF +0.35 points	0.64%	0.29%
Pepsico IncPEP	ACVF +0.35 points	0.60%	0.25%
Morgan StanleyMS	ACVF +0.35 points	0.64%	0.29%
Caterpillar IncCAT	ACVF +0.36 points	0.71%	0.35%
Capital One Financial CorpCOF	ACVF +0.35 points	0.50%	0.15%
Texas Instruments IncTXN	ACVF +0.34 points	0.70%	0.36%
Hewlett-Packard EnterprisHPE	ACVF +0.35 points	0.51%	0.16%
Deere & CoDE	ACVF +0.34 points	0.54%	0.20%
Cadence Design Sys IncCDNS	ACVF +0.33 points	0.42%	0.09%
Uber Technologies IncUBER	ACVF +0.33 points	0.46%	0.13%
Doordash Inc Class ADASH	ACVF +0.32 points	0.40%	0.08%
Intuit IncINTU	ACVF +0.32 points	0.35%	0.03%
Ciena CorpCIEN	ACVF +0.32 points	0.39%	0.07%
Servicenow IncNOW	ACVF +0.32 points	0.41%	0.09%
Oracle CorpORCL	ACVF +0.31 points	0.69%	0.38%
Accenture Plc-Cl AACN	ACVF +0.31 points	0.48%	0.17%
S&P Global IncSPGI	ACVF +0.30 points	0.46%	0.16%
Oreilly Automotive IncORLY	ACVF +0.31 points	0.42%	0.11%
Broadcom Inc.AVGO	ACVF +0.30 points	2.34%	2.04%
Omnicom GroupOMC	ACVF +0.30 points	0.34%	0.04%
Copart IncCPRT	ACVF +0.29 points	0.30%	0.01%
Intuitive Surgical IncISRG	ACVF +0.29 points	0.43%	0.14%
Ross Stores IncROST	ACVF +0.28 points	0.42%	0.14%
Intel CorpINTC	ACVF +0.28 points	0.76%	0.48%
Synopsys IncSNPS	ACVF +0.28 points	0.43%	0.15%
AT&T IncT	ACVF +0.27 points	0.46%	0.19%
Nextera Energy IncNEE	ACVF +0.26 points	0.46%	0.20%
RTX Corp.RTX	ACVF +0.27 points	0.58%	0.31%
Merck & Co. Inc.MRK	ACVF +0.27 points	0.80%	0.53%
Adobe Systems IncADBE	ACVF +0.27 points	0.38%	0.11%
General Electric CoGE	ACVF +0.26 points	0.64%	0.38%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc. Class ACRWD	ACVF +0.25 points	0.39%	0.14%
Waste Management IncWM	ACVF +0.24 points	0.37%	0.13%
Chubb LimitedCB	ACVF +0.25 points	0.40%	0.15%
Jabil Circuit IncJBL	ACVF +0.23 points	0.29%	0.06%
Roper Technologies IncROP	ACVF +0.24 points	0.30%	0.06%
Mckesson CorpMCK	ACVF +0.23 points	0.36%	0.13%
F5 IncFFIV	ACVF +0.22 points	0.26%	0.04%
Moodys CorporationMCO	ACVF +0.22 points	0.35%	0.13%
Palantir Technologies Inc. Class APLTR	ACVF +0.21 points	0.61%	0.40%
Republic Services IncRSG	ACVF +0.21 points	0.34%	0.13%
Qualcomm IncQCOM	ACVF +0.21 points	0.50%	0.29%
Thermo Fisher Scientific IncTMO	ACVF +0.20 points	0.47%	0.27%
Abbott Laboratories Common Stock USD 0ABT	ACVF +0.20 points	0.38%	0.18%
Cboe Holdings IncCBOE	ACVF +0.18 points	0.24%	0.06%
Linde PLCLIN	DFAU +0.18 points	0.12%	0.30%
Cintas CorpCTAS	ACVF +0.18 points	0.32%	0.14%
Truist Financial CorpTFC	ACVF +0.17 points	0.27%	0.10%
RhRH	ACVF +0.17 points	0.17%	<0.01%
Intercontinental Exchange InICE	ACVF +0.17 points	0.33%	0.16%
Viasat IncVSAT	ACVF +0.17 points	0.19%	0.02%
Gilead Sciences IncGILD	DFAU +0.17 points	0.13%	0.30%
Blackstone Group Inc/TheBX	ACVF +0.15 points	0.23%	0.08%
Autozone IncAZO	ACVF +0.15 points	0.23%	0.08%
Mondelez International Inc-AMDLZ	ACVF +0.15 points	0.30%	0.15%
Automatic Data ProcessingADP	ACVF +0.15 points	0.29%	0.14%
Union Pacific CorpUNP	ACVF +0.14 points	0.39%	0.25%
Humana IncHUM	ACVF +0.14 points	0.21%	0.07%
Amphenol Corp-Cl AAPH	ACVF +0.13 points	0.38%	0.25%
Take-Two Interactive SoftwreTTWO	ACVF +0.14 points	0.19%	0.05%
Monster Beverage CorpMNST	ACVF +0.13 points	0.25%	0.12%
Johnson ControlsJCI	ACVF +0.13 points	0.30%	0.17%
The Travelers Companies Inc.TRV	DFAU +0.13 points	0.06%	0.19%
Fox Corp - Class AFOXA	ACVF +0.13 points	0.16%	0.03%
Lockheed Martin CorpLMT	ACVF +0.13 points	0.33%	0.20%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncVRTX	ACVF +0.13 points	0.28%	0.15%
Pinterest Inc- Class APINS	ACVF +0.13 points	0.14%	0.01%

All 389 ACVF holdings⁠All 2,381 DFAU holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

ACVF vs DFAU Cost

Overpaying ACVF vs DFAU

$11,962

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

ACVF 0.75%
$14,482
DFAU 0.12%
$2,520

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

ACVF 0.75%
DFAU 0.12%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	ACVF	DFAU	Overpaying
10	$1,336	$220	$1,116
20	$5,078	$859	$4,219
30	$14,482	$2,520	$11,962

Expense ratio

0.75%ACVF
0.12%DFAU, cheaper

DFAU0.12%ACVF0.75%

0.00%2.89%

Middle half of US Active Equity funds
Median 0.68%

DFAU 4th cheapest of 121 funds

ACVF 72nd cheapest of 121 funds

ACVF vs DFAU Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): ACVF 0.48%; DFAU 0.90%, better
Payout (12M): ACVF $0.27; DFAU $0.47
Last payment: ACVF $0.06; DFAU $0.12
Ex-dividend: ACVF Sep 23, 2026; DFAU Sep 22, 2026
Paid on: ACVF Sep 24, 2026; DFAU Sep 24, 2026
Frequency: ACVF Quarterly; DFAU Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2020 to 2026, same scale for both

ACVFQuarterly · 24 paymentsAll ACVF payments⁠

DFAUQuarterly · 24 paymentsAll DFAU payments⁠

ACVF vs DFAU Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

ACVF
DFAU

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: ACVF 11.5%, betterDFAU 12.4%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: ACVF 1.28DFAU 1.38, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: ACVF −24.4%DFAU −23.6%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: ACVF 0.91DFAU 1.01; Market = 1

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