ETF comparison
DSI vs VUG
US Total Market vs US Large Cap Growth.
iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
62 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DSI and VUG would leave roughly 52.2% 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 22 bps cheaper than DSI. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for DSI.
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Top shared holdings
62 shared in total| # | Holding | In DSI | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 13.42% | 12.63% | 12.63% |
| 2 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 9.49% | 7.61% | 7.61% |
| 3 | ALPHABET INC. | 6.00% | 5.76% | 5.76% |
| 4 | ALPHABET INC. | 4.77% | 4.53% | 4.53% |
| 5 | TESLA, INC. | 2.54% | 3.27% | 2.54% |
| 6 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 2.25% | 2.62% | 2.25% |
| 7 | VISA INC. | 1.78% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 8 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 1.17% | 1.60% | 1.17% |
| 9 | MASTERCARD INCORPORATED | 1.36% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 10 | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1.06% | 1.51% | 1.06% |
| 11 | INTEL CORPORATION | 1.15% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 12 | PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | 0.78% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
Only in DSI
340 total- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.33%
- ABBVIE INC. 1.29%
- CATERPILLAR INC. 1.10%
- THE COCA-COLA COMPANY 0.98%
- THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 0.97%
- THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 0.96%
- MERCK & CO., INC. 0.93%
- MORGAN STANLEY 0.72%
- LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.64%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0.61%
Only in VUG
84 total- Apple Inc 11.67%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
- Broadcom Inc 4.28%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
- Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%
- Costco Wholesale Corp 1.15%
- KLA Corp 1.10%
- Sandisk Corp 0.94%
- GE Vernova Inc 0.89%
- Netflix Inc 0.84%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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