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IQLT vs VUG

Quality Factor vs US Large Cap Growth.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

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

IQLT unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.1% VUG unmatched 99.9%

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
300 positions
Shared
1 positions
In VUG only
145 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%
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

70
Cost
97
83
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
82
Concentration
28
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Tracking quality
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IQLT sub-score VUG

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

Cost difference

VUG 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 VUG.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In IQLT In VUG Overlap
1 SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.20% 0.06% 0.06%

Only in IQLT

300 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 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%

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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.