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ETF comparison

IGRO vs VUG

Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.

iShares International Dividend Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

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

IGRO unmatched 99.1% Shared 0.1% VUG unmatched 99.8%

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 VUG only
145 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%
VUG

Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap Growth

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$392.07B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
0.40%
Top-10 conc.
60.4%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
97
75
Tax efficiency
90
61
Liquidity
100
75
Concentration
28
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Tracking quality
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IGRO sub-score VUG

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

Cost difference

VUG 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 VUG.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In IGRO In VUG Overlap
1 WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. 0.16% 0.14% 0.14%

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 VUG

145 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
  • Apple Inc 11.67%
  • Microsoft Corp 7.61%
  • Alphabet Inc 5.76%
  • Alphabet Inc 4.53%
  • Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.28%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
  • Tesla Inc 3.27%
  • Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open IGRO or VUG at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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.