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IQLT vs VB

Quality Factor vs US Small Cap.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

IQLT unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.0% VB 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 IQLT only
301 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VB only
1,309 positions

Side by side

IQLT

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF

iShares · Quality Factor

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$13.61B
TTM yield
2.40%
Top-10 conc.
22.6%
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

70
Cost
97
83
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
82
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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IQLT sub-score VB

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

Cost difference

VB is 27 bps cheaper than IQLT. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for IQLT.

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 IQLT vs VB.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in IQLT

301 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 5.42%
  • Allianz SE 2.68%
  • Roche Holding AG 2.20%
  • ABB Ltd 1.95%
  • Zurich Insurance Group AG 1.83%
  • Nestle S.A. 1.81%
  • Novartis AG 1.78%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.68%
  • ADVANTEST CORPORATION 1.65%
  • SHELL PLC 1.59%

Only in VB

1,309 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.