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ETF comparison

IVV vs USMV

US Large Cap vs Low Volatility Factor.

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF · iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
34.0 %

148 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IVV and USMV would leave roughly 34.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IVV unmatched 65.8% Shared 34.0% USMV unmatched 65.8%

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 IVV only
356 positions
Shared
148 positions
In USMV only
17 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%
USMV

iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

iShares · Low Volatility Factor

90 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$23.16B
TTM yield
1.37%
Top-10 conc.
15.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
88
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
100
62
Concentration
93
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Tracking quality
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IVV sub-score USMV

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

Cost difference

IVV is 12 bps cheaper than USMV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for USMV.

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 USMV.

Top shared holdings

148 shared in total
# Holding In IVV In USMV Overlap
1 Microsoft Corp. 4.29% 1.62% 1.62%
2 Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.42% 1.47% 1.42%
3 NVIDIA Corp. 7.51% 1.32% 1.32%
4 Broadcom, Inc. 2.77% 1.02% 1.02%
5 Johnson & Johnson 0.95% 1.54% 0.95%
6 Apple, Inc. 6.58% 0.90% 0.90%
7 Visa, Inc. 0.88% 1.00% 0.88%
8 Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% 0.78% 0.78%
9 Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.72% 1.46% 0.72%
10 Walmart, Inc. 0.77% 0.71% 0.71%
11 AbbVie, Inc. 0.69% 0.72% 0.69%
12 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.47% 0.69% 0.69%

Only in IVV

356 total
  • Alphabet, Inc. 3.25%
  • Tesla, Inc. 1.83%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.36%
  • Intel Corp. 1.02%
  • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.88%
  • Lam Research Corp. 0.84%
  • Caterpillar, Inc. 0.76%
  • KLA Corp. 0.61%
  • GE Aerospace 0.60%
  • Bank of America Corp. 0.58%

Only in USMV

17 total
  • EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.39%
  • WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. 1.25%
  • SNOWFLAKE INC. 0.51%
  • LIBERTY MEDIA CORP - FORMULA ONE GROUP 0.50%
  • ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0.45%
  • NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC. 0.37%
  • MercadoLibre, Inc. 0.36%
  • FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC. 0.34%
  • CLOUDFLARE, INC. 0.28%
  • ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0.24%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open IVV or USMV 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.