ETF comparison
ACWV vs VUG
Low Volatility Factor vs US Large Cap Growth.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
35 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and VUG would leave roughly 8.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VUG is 17 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for ACWV.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with ACWV vs VUG.
Top shared holdings
35 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1.13% | 7.61% | 1.13% |
| 2 | VISA INC. | 0.55% | 1.54% | 0.55% |
| 3 | MCDONALD'S CORPORATION | 0.91% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 4 | THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. | 0.76% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 5 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION | 0.44% | 1.15% | 0.44% |
| 6 | AMPHENOL CORPORATION | 0.44% | 0.61% | 0.44% |
| 7 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 0.41% | 12.63% | 0.41% |
| 8 | VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | 0.49% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 9 | PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | 0.35% | 0.78% | 0.35% |
| 10 | WELLTOWER INC. | 0.33% | 0.46% | 0.33% |
| 11 | SERVICENOW, INC. | 0.30% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 12 | FORTINET, INC. | 0.28% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
Only in ACWV
350 total- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.13%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.41%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.22%
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 1.22%
- United Microelectronics Corporation 1.08%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 1.08%
- CENCORA, INC. 1.06%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.03%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.01%
- WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.97%
Only in VUG
111 total- Alphabet Inc 5.76%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
- Broadcom Inc 4.28%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.62%
- Applied Materials Inc 1.60%
- Lam Research Corp 1.51%
- KLA Corp 1.10%
- Sandisk Corp 0.94%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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