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ETF comparison

IVV vs MGC

Both US Large Cap.

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
81.4 %

170 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IVV and MGC would leave roughly 81.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IVV unmatched 18.4% Shared 81.4% MGC unmatched 18.4%

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 IVV only
334 positions
Shared
170 positions
In MGC only
3 positions

Side by side

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

iShares · US Large Cap

91 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$881.27B
TTM yield
1.10%
Top-10 conc.
36.4%
MGC

Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$11.05B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
0.69%
Top-10 conc.
47.0%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
95
88
Tax efficiency
89
100
Liquidity
100
62
Concentration
47
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Tracking quality
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IVV sub-score MGC

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

Cost difference

IVV is 2 bps cheaper than MGC. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for MGC.

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 IVV vs MGC.

Top shared holdings

170 shared in total
# Holding In IVV In MGC Overlap
1 NVIDIA Corp. 7.51% 9.10% 7.51%
2 Apple, Inc. 6.58% 8.55% 6.58%
3 Microsoft Corp. 4.29% 6.24% 4.29%
4 Amazon.com, Inc. 3.61% 4.88% 3.61%
5 Alphabet, Inc. 3.25% 4.13% 3.25%
6 Broadcom, Inc. 2.77% 3.95% 2.77%
7 Alphabet, Inc. 2.59% 3.25% 2.59%
8 Micron Technology, Inc. 2.02% 2.04% 2.02%
9 Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.92% 2.58% 1.92%
10 Tesla, Inc. 1.83% 2.29% 1.83%
11 Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% 1.75% 1.47%
12 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.47% 1.57% 1.47%

Only in IVV

334 total
  • Western Digital Corp. 0.34%
  • Seagate Technology Holdings plc 0.34%
  • Vertiv Holdings Co. 0.20%
  • Quanta Services, Inc. 0.17%
  • Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 0.17%
  • Cummins, Inc. 0.15%
  • Datadog, Inc. 0.13%
  • Constellation Energy Corp. 0.12%
  • Robinhood Markets, Inc. 0.12%
  • Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 0.12%

Only in MGC

3 total
  • Honeywell International Inc 0.28%
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.11%
  • Snowflake Inc 0.08%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open IVV or MGC at a brokerage

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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.