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IQLT vs VUG

Quality Factor vs US Large Cap Growth.

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF · Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares

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 only 99.0% Shared 0.1% VUG only 99.8%
In IQLT only
296 positions
Shared
1 positions
In VUG only
151 positions

Side by side

IQLT

iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF

iShares · Quality Factor

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$13.64B
TTM yield
2.40%
Top-10 conc.
24.9%
VUG

Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Large Cap Growth

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$379.21B
TTM yield
0.39%
Top-10 conc.
63.9%

Sub-score comparison

70
Cost
97
83
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
79
Concentration
23
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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. 0.24% 0.06% 0.06%

Only in IQLT

296 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 6.04%
  • SHELL PLC 2.55%
  • Allianz SE 2.49%
  • Novartis AG 2.25%
  • ABB Ltd 2.21%
  • Roche Holding AG 2.17%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 2.02%
  • Nestle S.A. 1.99%
  • Zurich Insurance Group AG 1.61%
  • Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 1.55%

Only in VUG

151 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 13.31%
  • Apple Inc 12.32%
  • Microsoft Corp 9.09%
  • Alphabet Inc 5.54%
  • Amazon.com Inc 4.59%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.40%
  • Alphabet Inc 4.39%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 4.15%
  • Tesla Inc 3.47%
  • Eli Lilly & Co 2.60%

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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.