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IGRO vs VB

Dividend vs US Small Cap.

iShares International Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IGRO and VB would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IGRO unmatched 99.2% Shared 0.1% VB unmatched 99.7%

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.

In IGRO only
549 positions
Shared
1 positions
In VB only
1,308 positions

Side by side

IGRO

iShares International Dividend Growth ETF

iShares · Dividend

75 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$1.25B
TTM yield
2.64%
Top-10 conc.
27.5%
VB

Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Vanguard · US Small Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$175.77B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
1.27%
Top-10 conc.
4.3%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
97
75
Tax efficiency
88
61
Liquidity
100
75
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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IGRO sub-score VB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VB is 12 bps cheaper than IGRO. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for IGRO.

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 IGRO vs VB.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In IGRO In VB Overlap
1 RB Global, Inc. 0.10% 0.26% 0.10%

Only in IGRO

549 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 3.18%
  • Nestle S.A. 3.08%
  • Novartis AG 3.06%
  • BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. 2.98%
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 2.90%
  • Roche Holding AG 2.81%
  • NOVO NORDISK A/S 2.81%
  • THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 2.33%
  • SANOFI SA 2.18%
  • Iberdrola, S.A. 2.18%

Only in VB

1,308 total
  • Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
  • Jabil Inc 0.49%
  • REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
  • Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
  • Natera Inc 0.45%
  • EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
  • Twilio Inc 0.38%
  • NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
  • MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
  • Flex Ltd 0.36%

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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/.

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.