DFAU vs OALC: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF

DFAUANYSE Arca

OneAscent Large Cap Core ETF

OALCBNYSE Arca

Overlap

58.7%by weight

Expense ratio

DFAU −0.37pt a year

DFAU0.12%OALC0.49%

Avg volume · 30D

DFAU 24.2×the volume

DFAU555KOALC22.9K

3Y return · a year

OALC +0.2pt

DFAU+22.9%OALC+23.1%

DFAU vs OALC Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+13.2%DFAU+14.2%OALC

Expense ratio: DFAU 0.12%, better; OALC 0.49%
Fund size: DFAU $12.9B; OALC $276M
1Y total return: DFAU +13.2%; OALC +14.2%, better
Yield (12M): DFAU 0.90%, better; OALC 0.53%
Holdings: DFAU 2165; OALC 212
Avg volume (30D): DFAU 555K sh, better; OALC 22.9K sh
NAV per share: DFAU $52.28; OALC $40.47
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DFAU, OALC, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DFAU	OALC
Cost30% weight	A97Higher	B66
Mission25% weight	A83	Not scored
Risk15% weight	B65Higher	B64
Tradability15% weight	A87Higher	C47
Holdings10% weight	A84Higher	A83
Durability5% weight	A91Higher	A72

Rank among US Active Equity funds

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Same Category. DFAU and OALC 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 OALC 36th 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 35BBRCEMFS Blended Research Core Equity ETFScore 65
Rank 36BOALCOneAscent Large Cap Core ETFScore 64
Rank 37BALRGAllspring LT Large Core ETFScore 63

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DFAUADimensional US Core Equity Market ETF

OALCBOneAscent Large Cap Core ETF

In short

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.

OALC A values-screened cousin of the S&P 500. OneAscent cuts abortifacients, addictive products, predatory lenders and human-rights offenders, then optimizes what's left to stay close to the index. Faith-based filter, plain core shape.

Stated mandate

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.

OALC The Fund seeks capital appreciation.

Why people hold it

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.

OALC 0.49% net of a waiver through December 31, 2026 (0.58% gross), below the category median fee, which is unusual for a screened, actively managed portfolio.
The exclusion list lives in the prospectus: abortifacients, adult entertainment, gambling, tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, predatory lending, human rights violations.sec.gov
Core shape, not a statement piece: US large caps above $5 billion at purchase, at least 80% of assets there, optimized to keep the gap to the target index small.sec.gov oneascent.com
Trading since 2021 and now a few hundred million dollars in size, so there is real operating history here, not a launch-week story.

Worth knowing

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.

OALC Unscreened core beta is cheaper: AVLC charges 0.15%, and TACU's fee is waived to zero through January 30, 2027. The screen is what the extra buys.
Thinly traded next to the giant large-cap funds, so bid-ask spreads can run wider and larger orders can move the price.
Dropping whole industries means it will not mirror the index name for name, and the optimization can land results ahead of or behind the benchmark in any stretch.sec.gov oneascent.com

Full DFAU profile⁠

Full OALC profile⁠

DFAU vs OALC Holdings

How DFAU and OALC differ

Overlap by weight

58.7%

Shared holdings make up 97.6% of OALC and 59.0% of DFAU.

Level by level

Holdings206 in both58.7%
Sector11 Sectors93.5%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile99.6%

Sector

Sector weights in DFAU and OALC, widest gap first
Sector	More in DFAUMore in OALC	DFAU	OALC
Technology	OALC +4.6 points	36.6%	41.2%
Energy	DFAU +2.0 points	4.9%	2.9%
Materials	DFAU +1.9 points	2.7%	0.8%
Health Care	DFAU +1.8 points	9.7%	7.9%
Consumer Staples	DFAU +0.6 points	4.7%	4.1%
Communication	OALC +0.6 points	8.0%	8.6%
Consumer Discretionary	OALC +0.5 points	9.4%	9.9%
Real Estate	OALC +0.4 points	0.1%	0.5%
Industrials	OALC +0.3 points	8.9%	9.2%
Financials	DFAU +0.2 points	12.9%	12.7%
Utilities	OALC +0.1 points	2.1%	2.2%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DFAU and OALC, widest gap first
Country	More in DFAUMore in OALC	DFAU	OALC
United States	OALC +0.3 points	99.3%	99.6%
Switzerland	DFAU +0.1 points	0.3%	0.2%
Mexico	OALC +0.1 points	0.1%	0.2%
China	DFAU +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
United Kingdom	DFAU +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Ireland	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%
Brazil	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%
Sweden	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%
Other countries (3)	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DFAU33.4%
OALC32.4%

Securities held

DFAU2,164
OALC211

Asset class

DFAU: Equity
OALC: Equity

Holdings

Only in DFAU1,958
In both206
Only in OALC5

Only in DFAU

1,958 securities, 40.9% of DFAU by weight

Apple Inc.7.10%
Meta Platforms Inc1.78%
Tesla Inc1.35%
Johnson & Johnson0.78%
AbbVie Inc.0.61%
Costco Wholesale Corp.0.48%
UnitedHealth Group Inc.0.40%
Philip Morris Intl0.37%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.0.35%
Wells Fargo & Co.0.34%
Thermo Fisher Scientific.0.27%
Netflix.com Inc.0.24%
Citigroup Inc.0.24%
Salesforce Inc0.24%
Walt Disney Co/The0.22%
Tjx Companies Inc.0.20%
Pfizer Inc.0.19%
Travelers Companies Inc.0.19%
Eog Resources Inc.0.19%
BlackRock Funding Inc/De0.18%
Accenture PLC0.17%
Danaher Corp.0.16%
Medtronic PLC0.15%
Allstate Corp.0.15%
Target Corp.0.15%
Ecolab Inc0.15%
Altria Group Inc.0.15%
Sherwin-Williams Co0.14%
Occidental Petroleum Corp0.14%
Intuitive Surgical Inc.0.14%
Cvs Health Corp0.14%
Freeport-Mcmoran Inc.0.14%
Starbucks Corp0.14%
United Rentals Inc.0.14%
Boeing Co/The0.13%
Nxp Semiconductors NV0.13%
Mckesson Corp.0.13%
Cheniere Energy Inc0.13%
Te Connectivity PLC0.13%
Kinder Morgan Inc.0.12%
Targa Resources Corp0.12%
Monster Beverage Corp0.12%
Air Products & Chemicals0.12%
Cencora Inc0.12%
Colgate-Palmolive Co0.12%
American Elec Power Inc.0.12%
Oneok Inc0.11%
Trane Technologies PLC0.11%
Crh PLC0.11%
Diamondback Energy Inc0.11%

Only in OALC

5 securities, 2.4% of OALC by weight

Bbh Sweep Vehicle1.16%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.0.59%
Zoetis, Inc.0.29%
Crown Castle, Inc.0.22%
Ubiquiti, Inc.0.18%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 206 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in DFAU and OALC, widest gap first
Holding	More in DFAUMore in OALC	DFAU	OALC
Microsoft CorpMSFT	OALC +0.97 points	5.62%	6.59%
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	OALC +0.96 points	6.79%	7.75%
Cisco Systems Inc.CSCO	OALC +0.89 points	0.54%	1.43%
Motorola Solutions Inc.MSI	OALC +0.87 points	0.15%	1.02%
Coca Cola Co.KO	OALC +0.75 points	0.46%	1.21%
Eli Lilly and CompanyLLY	OALC +0.64 points	1.45%	2.09%
Amazon.com Inc.AMZN	OALC +0.61 points	3.14%	3.75%
Merck & Company IncMRK	OALC +0.57 points	0.53%	1.10%
Alphabet Inc - Class AGOOGL	OALC +0.54 points	2.14%	2.68%
Berkshire Hathaway Cl-BBRK.B	OALC +0.53 points	1.15%	1.68%
Visa IncV	OALC +0.51 points	0.96%	1.47%
Mcdonald's Corp.MCD	OALC +0.49 points	0.21%	0.70%
Home Depot IncHD	OALC +0.47 points	0.46%	0.93%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	OALC +0.48 points	1.21%	1.69%
Procter & Gamble Co/ThePG	OALC +0.46 points	0.52%	0.98%
Mastercard Inc - AMA	OALC +0.45 points	0.69%	1.14%
Walmart Inc.WMT	OALC +0.45 points	0.68%	1.13%
Union Pac Corp.UNP	OALC +0.43 points	0.25%	0.68%
Arista Networks IncANET	OALC +0.42 points	0.21%	0.63%
Broadcom IncAVGO	OALC +0.42 points	2.04%	2.46%
Alphabet IncGOOG	OALC +0.41 points	1.76%	2.17%
Duke Energy Corp.DUK	OALC +0.41 points	0.11%	0.52%
Bank of America CorpBAC	OALC +0.41 points	0.39%	0.80%
The Southern CompanySO	OALC +0.39 points	0.12%	0.51%
Airbnb IncABNB	OALC +0.39 points	0.07%	0.46%
Morgan StanleyMS	OALC +0.38 points	0.29%	0.67%
Pepsico Inc.PEP	OALC +0.37 points	0.25%	0.62%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.BMY	OALC +0.36 points	0.21%	0.57%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	OALC +0.36 points	0.18%	0.54%
Palantir Technologies IncPLTR	OALC +0.33 points	0.40%	0.73%
Verizon CommunicationsVZ	OALC +0.33 points	0.30%	0.63%
Nextera Energy IncNEE	OALC +0.33 points	0.20%	0.53%
AT&T Inc.T	OALC +0.33 points	0.19%	0.52%
General MotorsGM	OALC +0.32 points	0.17%	0.49%
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW	OALC +0.32 points	0.20%	0.52%
Analog Devices Inc.ADI	OALC +0.31 points	0.24%	0.55%
Adobe IncADBE	OALC +0.30 points	0.11%	0.41%
Teledyne Technologies IncTDY	OALC +0.30 points	0.05%	0.35%
Crowdstrike Holdings IncCRWD	OALC +0.30 points	0.14%	0.44%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	OALC +0.29 points	1.02%	1.31%
F5 IncFFIV	OALC +0.29 points	0.04%	0.33%
Exxonmobil Holdings CorpXOM	OALC +0.28 points	1.07%	1.35%
Automatic Data ProcessingADP	OALC +0.29 points	0.14%	0.43%
Intercontinental ExchangeICE	OALC +0.29 points	0.16%	0.45%
Chevron Corp.CVX	OALC +0.28 points	0.56%	0.84%
Booking Holdings IncBKNG	OALC +0.28 points	0.13%	0.41%
Uber Technologies IncUBER	OALC +0.27 points	0.13%	0.40%
Texas Instruments Inc.TXN	OALC +0.26 points	0.36%	0.62%
Cme Group Inc.CME	OALC +0.26 points	0.11%	0.37%
Lowe's Cos IncLOW	OALC +0.26 points	0.13%	0.39%
New Linde PLCLIN	OALC +0.25 points	0.30%	0.55%
Intuit Inc.INTU	OALC +0.25 points	0.03%	0.28%
Gentex CorpGNTX	OALC +0.24 points	<0.01%	0.25%
T-Mobile Us IncTMUS	OALC +0.24 points	0.11%	0.35%
Lear CorpLEA	OALC +0.24 points	0.01%	0.25%
The Charles Schwab Corp.SCHW	OALC +0.24 points	0.17%	0.41%
Csx CorpCSX	OALC +0.22 points	0.17%	0.39%
Ametek IncAME	OALC +0.23 points	0.09%	0.32%
Stryker CorpSYK	OALC +0.22 points	0.12%	0.34%
Labcorp Holdings IncLH	OALC +0.22 points	0.06%	0.28%
Blackstone IncBX	OALC +0.21 points	0.08%	0.29%
Zebra Technologies CorpZBRA	OALC +0.21 points	0.04%	0.25%
Iqvia Holdings IncIQV	OALC +0.21 points	0.09%	0.30%
Bank of New York MellonBNY	OALC +0.21 points	0.13%	0.34%
Roper Technologies IncROP	OALC +0.21 points	0.06%	0.27%
Dolby Laboratories IncDLB	OALC +0.21 points	<0.01%	0.21%
Norfolk Southern Corp.NSC	OALC +0.20 points	0.13%	0.33%
Corning IncGLW	OALC +0.20 points	0.10%	0.30%
Ge Vernova LlcGEV	OALC +0.20 points	0.20%	0.40%
Boston Scientific Corp.BSX	OALC +0.20 points	0.03%	0.23%
Waste Management Inc.WM	OALC +0.19 points	0.13%	0.32%
Ford Motor CoF	OALC +0.19 points	0.10%	0.29%
Cbre Group IncCBRE	OALC +0.19 points	0.06%	0.25%
Deere & Co.DE	OALC +0.19 points	0.20%	0.39%
Eaton Corp PLCETN	OALC +0.18 points	0.17%	0.35%
Ups Inc. Class BUPS	OALC +0.18 points	0.13%	0.31%
Mondelez IntlMDLZ	OALC +0.18 points	0.15%	0.33%
Dominion Energy Inc.D	OALC +0.18 points	0.09%	0.27%
Emerson Elec CoEMR	OALC +0.18 points	0.15%	0.33%
Servicenow IncNOW	OALC +0.18 points	0.09%	0.27%
Nasdaq IncNDAQ	OALC +0.18 points	0.10%	0.28%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	OALC +0.17 points	0.36%	0.53%
Cintas Corp.CTAS	OALC +0.18 points	0.14%	0.32%
Ciena CorpCIEN	OALC +0.17 points	0.07%	0.24%
Vertex PharmaceuticalsVRTX	OALC +0.17 points	0.15%	0.32%
Hilton Worldwide HoldHLT	OALC +0.16 points	0.13%	0.29%
Netapp Inc.NTAP	OALC +0.17 points	0.08%	0.25%
Omnicom Group Inc.OMC	OALC +0.17 points	0.04%	0.21%
Doordash IncDASH	OALC +0.17 points	0.08%	0.24%
Cadence Design SystemsCDNS	OALC +0.16 points	0.09%	0.25%
Copart IncCPRT	OALC +0.16 points	0.01%	0.17%
Verisign Inc.VRSN	OALC +0.16 points	0.05%	0.21%
Marvell Technology IncMRVL	OALC +0.16 points	0.12%	0.28%
Borg-Warner Inc.BWA	OALC +0.16 points	0.02%	0.18%
Caterpillar Inc.CAT	OALC +0.16 points	0.35%	0.51%
Godaddy IncGDDY	OALC +0.16 points	0.01%	0.17%
Amphenol Corp Class AAPH	OALC +0.15 points	0.25%	0.40%
Auto DeskADSK	OALC +0.15 points	0.09%	0.24%
Rtx CorpRTX	OALC +0.15 points	0.31%	0.46%
Applied Materials Inc.AMAT	OALC +0.14 points	0.39%	0.53%

All 2,381 DFAU holdings⁠All OALC 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.

DFAU vs OALC Cost

Overpaying OALC vs DFAU

$7,272

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

DFAU 0.12%
$2,520
OALC 0.49%
$9,792

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DFAU 0.12%
OALC 0.49%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DFAU	OALC	Overpaying
10	$220	$883	$663
20	$859	$3,394	$2,535
30	$2,520	$9,792	$7,272

Expense ratio

0.12%DFAU, cheaper
0.49%OALC

DFAU0.12%OALC0.49%

0.00%2.89%

Middle half of US Active Equity funds
Median 0.68%

DFAU 4th cheapest of 121 funds

OALC 39th cheapest of 121 funds

DFAU vs OALC Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): DFAU 0.90%, better; OALC 0.53%
Payout (12M): DFAU $0.47; OALC $0.22
Last payment: DFAU $0.12; OALC $0.22
Ex-dividend: DFAU Sep 22, 2026; OALC Dec 30, 2025
Paid on: DFAU Sep 24, 2026; OALC Jan 5, 2026
Frequency: DFAU Quarterly; OALC Annual

Distribution history

Per share, 2020 to 2026, same scale for both

DFAUQuarterly · 24 paymentsAll DFAU payments⁠

OALCAnnual · 5 paymentsAll OALC payments⁠

DFAU vs OALC Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DFAU 12.4%, betterOALC 12.9%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DFAU 1.38, betterOALC 1.35
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DFAU −23.6%OALC −26.8%since Nov 2021
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DFAU 1.01OALC 0.99; Market = 1

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