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IJR vs MGK

US Small Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJR and MGK would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IJR unmatched 97.7% Shared 0.0% MGK 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 IJR only
603 positions
Shared
0 positions
In MGK only
56 positions

Side by side

IJR

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

iShares · US Small Cap

95 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$102.56B
TTM yield
1.24%
Top-10 conc.
10.8%
MGK

Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap Growth

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$35.10B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
0.26%
Top-10 conc.
63.7%

Sub-score comparison

94
Cost
95
88
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
99
Concentration
23
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Tracking quality
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IJR sub-score MGK

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

Cost difference

MGK is 1 bps cheaper than IJR. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for IJR.

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 IJR vs MGK.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in IJR

603 total
  • FORMFACTOR INC 0.67%
  • VIASAT INC 0.66%
  • MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.64%
  • ARGAN INC 0.60%
  • BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60%
  • ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.59%
  • MAXLINEAR INC 0.58%
  • KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53%
  • ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49%
  • MATCH GROUP INC 0.48%

Only in MGK

56 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 13.27%
  • Apple Inc 12.17%
  • Microsoft Corp 7.50%
  • Alphabet Inc 5.92%
  • Alphabet Inc 4.66%
  • Amazon.com Inc 4.46%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.27%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 4.08%
  • Tesla Inc 3.93%
  • Eli Lilly & Co 3.40%

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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.