DCOR vs SRHQ

DCORAU.S. Core Equity 1 Portfolio ETF Class Shares

SRHQCSRH U.S. Quality GARP ETF

In short

DCOR Index-fund breadth with an active steering wheel: roughly 2,300 US stocks weighted toward smaller, cheaper, more profitable companies, for 0.14% a year. Dimensional's long-running core equity playbook, in an ETF since 2023.

SRHQ GARP in an index wrapper: SRHQ screens U.S. stocks for growth, quality and value together instead of picking one lane. A boutique shop's rules-based take on a blend most factor funds split apart.

Stated mandate

DCOR The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through a broadly diversified portfolio of U.S. equities. Its approach combines portfolio design, research, management, and trading while emphasizing long-term expected-return drivers.

SRHQ The Fund seeks to track the SRH U.S. Quality Index before fees and expenses through passive indexing.

Why people hold it

• DCOR 0.14% a year, well under half the typical fee among US multifactor peers.
• Roughly 2,300 holdings makes this a whole-market core position, not a factor slice, with the smaller-cap, value and profitability tilts built into the weights.
• What the prospectus advertises is what the portfolio holds: broad US equity, tilted to cheaper and more profitable names. One of the tightest mandate fits in its peer group.

• SRHQ Three factors, one rulebook: the SRH U.S. Quality Index screens growth, quality and value together, so the GARP blend is a stated mandate, not a manager's mood.
• Fully passive and plainly drawn. The prospectus names the index, the U.S. equity universe and the factor screen, so there is little mystery about the shopping list.
• At 0.35% it prices near the middle of the multifactor pack (0.32% median), so the three-factor screen does not carry a boutique markup.

Worth knowing

• DCOR Actively managed with no index to replicate, so the holdings rest on Dimensional's judgment and turnover can run higher than an index fund's.sec.gov
• The 0.14% is net of a contractual fee waiver; the gross fee in the prospectus is higher, and the waiver runs on a renewable term.sec.gov
• Moderately traded rather than a volume monster, so spreads can be wider than at the biggest names in the category.

• SRHQ Thinly traded, so spreads and the cost of getting in and out weigh more here than with the category's heavyweights.
• Small and young: launched in 2022 and still modest in size next to entrenched rivals, which matters for staying power.
• The cohort's cheapest options go far lower. VYM (0.04%), IUSG (0.04%) and VONV (0.06%) mean the GARP screen has to earn the extra fee.

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