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ETF comparison

IVV vs VUG

US Large Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
57.4 %

121 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IVV and VUG would leave roughly 57.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IVV unmatched 42.4% Shared 57.4% VUG unmatched 42.5%

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
383 positions
Shared
121 positions
In VUG only
25 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%
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

97
Cost
97
88
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
62
Concentration
28
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Tracking quality
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IVV sub-score VUG

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

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).

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 VUG.

Top shared holdings

121 shared in total
# Holding In IVV In VUG Overlap
1 NVIDIA Corp. 7.51% 12.63% 7.51%
2 Apple, Inc. 6.58% 11.67% 6.58%
3 Microsoft Corp. 4.29% 7.61% 4.29%
4 Amazon.com, Inc. 3.61% 4.47% 3.61%
5 Alphabet, Inc. 3.25% 5.76% 3.25%
6 Broadcom, Inc. 2.77% 4.28% 2.77%
7 Alphabet, Inc. 2.59% 4.53% 2.59%
8 Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.92% 3.41% 1.92%
9 Tesla, Inc. 1.83% 3.27% 1.83%
10 Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% 2.81% 1.47%
11 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.47% 2.62% 1.47%
12 Applied Materials, Inc. 0.89% 1.60% 0.89%

Only in IVV

383 total
  • Micron Technology, Inc. 2.02%
  • Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.42%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.36%
  • Johnson & Johnson 0.95%
  • Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.88%
  • Walmart, Inc. 0.77%
  • Caterpillar, Inc. 0.76%
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.72%
  • AbbVie, Inc. 0.69%
  • UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 0.58%

Only in VUG

25 total
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.29%
  • Snowflake Inc 0.25%
  • Bloom Energy Corp 0.24%
  • Cloudflare Inc 0.23%
  • Rocket Lab Corp 0.18%
  • Waste Connections Inc 0.14%
  • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.13%
  • Astera Labs Inc 0.12%
  • Coreweave Inc 0.12%
  • ROBLOX Corp 0.12%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open IVV or VUG at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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.