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DIMENSIONAL US SMALL CAP ETF

$83.02+0.73% today
658452-WK

The investment objective of the Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF (the "US Small Cap ETF" or "Portfolio") is to achieve long-term capital appreciation while minimizing federal income taxes on returns.

Price & daily flows
80.374.869.383.02DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +17.9% so far this year. At 0.26% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$8.8Bassets under management
0.26%expense ratio · $26 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
432Kavg daily volume, 30 days
2072holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed September 28, 2023 · beta 0.99
Sector weights
Financial Services20.17%
Financials19.82%
Consumer Discretionary19.81%
Finance19.77%
Industrials18.67%
Consumer Cyclical14.78%
Technology14.68%
Information Technology14.54%
Healthcare9.82%
Producer Manufacturing9.28%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.64%
Bermuda1.67%
Other1.46%
Cayman Islands0.44%
Monaco0.18%
United Kingdom0.14%
Israel0.12%
Panama0.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.7%
1 month+3.1%
3 months+7.1%
6 months+9.4%
YTD+17.9%
1 year+21.2%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
431Kshares traded
The case against DFAS

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat DFAS on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-21bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M-22bp on fee · +$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund0.04%$68.1B-22bp on fee · 8× the assetsHead-to-head
IMCG iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF0.06%$4.2B+$69M-20bp on fee · +$69M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCV iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF0.06%$1.2B+$20M-20bp on fee · +$20M in over the monthHead-to-head
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