ETF comparison
CGDVvsVUG
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
22 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CGDV and VUG would leave roughly37.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VUG is 30 bps cheaper than CGDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for CGDV.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with CGDV vs VUG.
Top shared holdings
22 shared in total| # | Holding | In CGDV | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corp | 5.81% | 7.61% | 5.81% |
| 2 | NVIDIA Corp | 5.66% | 12.63% | 5.66% |
| 3 | Broadcom Inc | 5.16% | 4.28% | 4.28% |
| 4 | Alphabet Inc | 3.59% | 5.76% | 3.59% |
| 5 | Meta Platforms Inc | 3.33% | 3.41% | 3.33% |
| 6 | Eli Lilly & Co | 3.15% | 2.81% | 2.81% |
| 7 | Apple Inc | 2.36% | 11.67% | 2.36% |
| 8 | Amazon.com Inc | 1.88% | 4.47% | 1.88% |
| 9 | Applied Materials Inc | 3.12% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 10 | Mastercard Inc | 1.30% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 11 | Intel Corp | 1.09% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 12 | Oracle Corp | 1.60% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
Only in CGDV
31 total- Cisco Systems Inc3.02%
- RTX Corp2.82%
- British American Tobacco PLC2.66%
- Carrier Global Corp2.64%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd2.16%
- Union Pacific Corp2.12%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc2.02%
- Capital Group Central Cash Fund2.02%
- Wells Fargo & Co1.99%
- Linde PLC1.95%
Only in VUG
124 total- Alphabet Inc4.53%
- Tesla Inc3.27%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc2.62%
- Visa Inc1.54%
- Lam Research Corp1.51%
- Costco Wholesale Corp1.15%
- KLA Corp1.10%
- Sandisk Corp0.94%
- GE Vernova Inc0.89%
- Netflix Inc0.84%
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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.