ETF comparison
CGUSvsVUG
US Large Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.
Capital Group Core Equity ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
26 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CGUS and VUG would leave roughly45.2%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 CGUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for CGUS.
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 CGUS vs VUG.
Top shared holdings
26 shared in total| # | Holding | In CGUS | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 6.85% | 12.63% | 6.85% |
| 2 | Microsoft Corp | 5.75% | 7.61% | 5.75% |
| 3 | Amazon.com Inc | 5.04% | 4.47% | 4.47% |
| 4 | Broadcom Inc | 6.33% | 4.28% | 4.28% |
| 5 | Meta Platforms Inc | 3.79% | 3.41% | 3.41% |
| 6 | Alphabet Inc | 3.22% | 5.76% | 3.22% |
| 7 | Eli Lilly & Co | 3.92% | 2.81% | 2.81% |
| 8 | Apple Inc | 2.76% | 11.67% | 2.76% |
| 9 | Alphabet Inc | 1.93% | 4.53% | 1.93% |
| 10 | Applied Materials Inc | 2.57% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 11 | Mastercard Inc | 1.82% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 12 | Netflix Inc | 1.30% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
Only in CGUS
40 total- Capital Group Central Cash Fund2.89%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd2.44%
- RTX Corp1.95%
- Cisco Systems Inc1.95%
- British American Tobacco PLC1.87%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co1.79%
- Blackrock Inc1.56%
- Linde PLC1.34%
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd1.33%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc1.29%
Only in VUG
120 total- Tesla Inc3.27%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc2.62%
- Lam Research Corp1.51%
- Costco Wholesale Corp1.15%
- Sandisk Corp0.94%
- GE Vernova Inc0.89%
- Palo Alto Networks Inc0.78%
- Marvell Technology Inc0.75%
- Palantir Technologies Inc0.71%
- Oracle Corp0.71%
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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.