ETF comparison
GSLC vs VUG
Multi-Factor vs US Large Cap Growth.
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
118 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GSLC and VUG would leave roughly 52.6% 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 6 bps cheaper than GSLC. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/yr more in fees for GSLC.
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 GSLC vs VUG.
Top shared holdings
118 shared in total| # | Holding | In GSLC | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORP | 7.87% | 12.63% | 7.87% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 7.00% | 11.67% | 7.00% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORP | 4.87% | 7.61% | 4.87% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM INC | 3.78% | 4.47% | 3.78% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC | 3.31% | 5.76% | 3.31% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC | 2.84% | 4.28% | 2.84% |
| 7 | META PLATFORMS INC | 2.14% | 3.41% | 2.14% |
| 8 | ALPHABET INC | 1.89% | 4.53% | 1.89% |
| 9 | TESLA INC | 1.28% | 3.27% | 1.28% |
| 10 | ELI LILLY & COMPANY | 1.17% | 2.81% | 1.17% |
| 11 | LAM RESEARCH CORP | 0.71% | 1.51% | 0.71% |
| 12 | VISA INC | 0.70% | 1.54% | 0.70% |
Only in GSLC
318 total- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.10%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.10%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 0.85%
- WALMART INC 0.84%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.73%
- EXXON MOBIL CORP 0.62%
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.59%
- QUALCOMM INC 0.52%
- HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 0.39%
- CATERPILLAR INC 0.39%
Only in VUG
28 total- Starbucks Corp 0.34%
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.29%
- Datadog Inc 0.26%
- Snowflake Inc 0.25%
- DoorDash Inc 0.21%
- Carvana Co 0.14%
- Axon Enterprise Inc 0.14%
- Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc 0.14%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.14%
- Old Dominion Freight Line Inc 0.13%
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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/.
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