ETF comparison
AVLV vs VUG
US Value vs US Large Cap Growth.
Avantis US Large Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
28 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVLV and VUG would leave roughly 18.2% 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 12 bps cheaper than AVLV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for AVLV.
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 AVLV vs VUG.
Top shared holdings
28 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVLV | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon.com Inc | 3.17% | 4.47% | 3.17% |
| 2 | Apple Inc | 3.17% | 11.67% | 3.17% |
| 3 | Meta Platforms Inc | 2.74% | 3.41% | 2.74% |
| 4 | Microsoft Corp | 1.63% | 7.61% | 1.63% |
| 5 | Lam Research Corp | 2.52% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 6 | Costco Wholesale Corp | 2.05% | 1.15% | 1.15% |
| 7 | Applied Materials Inc | 1.06% | 1.60% | 1.06% |
| 8 | KLA Corp | 0.93% | 1.10% | 0.93% |
| 9 | Netflix Inc | 0.91% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 10 | TJX Cos Inc/The | 1.52% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 11 | WW Grainger Inc | 0.75% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 12 | Targa Resources Corp | 0.83% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in AVLV
248 total- Micron Technology Inc 4.57%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.58%
- Caterpillar Inc 2.52%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.78%
- Merck & Co Inc 1.75%
- Verizon Communications Inc 1.64%
- Union Pacific Corp 1.53%
- Morgan Stanley 1.36%
- Gilead Sciences Inc 1.29%
- ConocoPhillips 1.17%
Only in VUG
118 total- NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
- Broadcom Inc 4.28%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.62%
- Mastercard Inc 1.13%
- Sandisk Corp 0.94%
- GE Vernova Inc 0.89%
- Intel Corp 0.79%
- Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.78%
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More comparisons with AVLV
- AVLV vs RPV · Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF 17.3%
- AVLV vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 14.0%
- AVLV vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 12.4%
- AVLV vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 11.6%
- AVLV vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 1.6%
- AVLV vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 1.4%
More comparisons with VUG
- VUG vs VONV · Vanguard Russell 1000 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 18.2%
- VUG vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 17.0%
- VUG vs MOAT · VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF 14.2%
- VUG vs SCHV · Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF 13.1%
- VUG vs VOT · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF 11.9%
- VUG vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 11.9%
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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