ETF comparison
CALF vs VBR
Both US Small Cap.
Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
93 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CALF and VBR would leave roughly 9.3% 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
VBR is 54 bps cheaper than CALF. On a $100,000 position that's about $540/yr more in fees for CALF.
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 CALF vs VBR.
Top shared holdings
93 shared in total| # | Holding | In CALF | In VBR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expand Energy Corp | 2.00% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 2 | Omnicom Group Inc | 1.94% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 3 | CF Industries Holdings Inc | 1.79% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 4 | Tenet Healthcare Corp | 2.75% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 5 | Toll Brothers Inc | 1.17% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 6 | Best Buy Co Inc | 1.71% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 7 | Ovintiv Inc | 1.79% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 8 | Leidos Holdings Inc | 1.70% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 9 | APA Corp | 1.45% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 10 | HF Sinclair Corp | 1.73% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 11 | Oshkosh Corp | 0.83% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | Toro Co/The | 0.74% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
Only in CALF
105 total- Expedia Group Inc 2.47%
- Zoom Communications Inc 1.93%
- Biogen Inc 1.91%
- Anglogold Ashanti Plc 1.73%
- GoDaddy Inc 1.73%
- Incyte Corp 1.52%
- Docusign Inc 1.32%
- Dropbox Inc 1.14%
- Match Group Inc 1.12%
- Maplebear Inc 0.92%
Only in VBR
747 total- Jabil Inc 0.87%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.66%
- Tapestry Inc 0.63%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.62%
- Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.59%
- Moderna Inc 0.54%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%
- F5 Inc 0.50%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.48%
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 0.47%
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- CALF vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 9.1%
- CALF vs VIOG · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 9.0%
- CALF vs IJT · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF 8.5%
- CALF vs IWN · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 8.4%
- CALF vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 8.0%
- CALF vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 7.8%
More comparisons with VBR
- VBR vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 7.2%
- VBR vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 7.2%
- VBR vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 6.9%
- VBR vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 6.3%
- VBR vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 5.6%
- VBR vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 4.5%
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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.