ETF comparison
COWZvsVTV
Quality Factor vs US Value.
Holdings overlap
69 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of COWZ and VTV would leave roughly14.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
VTV is 46 bps cheaper than COWZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/yr more in fees for COWZ.
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 COWZ vs VTV.
Top shared holdings
69 shared in total| # | Holding | In COWZ | In VTV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QUALCOMM Inc | 2.67% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 2 | Verizon Communications Inc | 1.90% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 3 | Gilead Sciences Inc | 1.83% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 4 | AT&T Inc | 1.84% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 5 | Pfizer Inc | 1.99% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 6 | CVS Health Corp | 2.16% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 7 | ConocoPhillips | 2.17% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 8 | Salesforce Inc | 1.76% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 9 | Altria Group Inc | 2.20% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 10 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 2.03% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 11 | Newmont Corp | 1.93% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 12 | McKesson Corp | 1.79% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
Only in COWZ
31 total- Booking Holdings Inc1.87%
- Airbnb Inc1.62%
- Omnicom Group Inc0.84%
- Workday Inc0.75%
- Autodesk Inc0.72%
- Viatris Inc0.65%
- CF Industries Holdings Inc0.64%
- Tenet Healthcare Corp0.63%
- Coterra Energy Inc0.63%
- Flex Ltd0.59%
Only in VTV
239 total- Micron Technology Inc4.87%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co3.06%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc2.95%
- Johnson & Johnson2.29%
- Exxon Mobil Corp2.12%
- Walmart Inc1.86%
- Caterpillar Inc1.83%
- AbbVie Inc1.66%
- Cisco Systems Inc1.56%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc1.41%
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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.