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ETF comparison

IVW vs VUG

Both US Large Cap Growth.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
77.3 %

88 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IVW and VUG would leave roughly 77.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IVW unmatched 22.6% Shared 77.3% VUG unmatched 22.7%

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 IVW only
59 positions
Shared
88 positions
In VUG only
58 positions

Side by side

IVW

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF

iShares · US Large Cap Growth

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$78.18B
TTM yield
0.36%
Top-10 conc.
56.4%
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

82
Cost
97
90
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
34
Concentration
28
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Tracking quality
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IVW sub-score VUG

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

Cost difference

VUG is 15 bps cheaper than IVW. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for IVW.

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 IVW vs VUG.

Top shared holdings

88 shared in total
# Holding In IVW In VUG Overlap
1 NVIDIA CORP 13.65% 12.63% 12.63%
2 MICROSOFT CORP 7.80% 7.61% 7.61%
3 APPLE INC 5.98% 11.67% 5.98%
4 ALPHABET INC 5.90% 5.76% 5.76%
5 ALPHABET INC 4.70% 4.53% 4.53%
6 BROADCOM INC 5.04% 4.28% 4.28%
7 AMAZON.COM INC 3.48% 4.47% 3.48%
8 META PLATFORMS INC 3.48% 3.41% 3.41%
9 ELI LILLY & COMPANY 2.67% 2.81% 2.67%
10 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 2.67% 2.62% 2.62%
11 TESLA INC 2.07% 3.27% 2.07%
12 APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.62% 1.60% 1.60%

Only in IVW

59 total
  • MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 3.67%
  • BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 2.58%
  • JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.68%
  • CATERPILLAR INC 1.38%
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.02%
  • RTX CORP 0.72%
  • CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.69%
  • ABBVIE INC 0.58%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) 0.55%
  • PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 0.44%

Only in VUG

58 total
  • Costco Wholesale Corp 1.15%
  • Intel Corp 0.79%
  • Western Digital Corp 0.62%
  • Texas Instruments Inc 0.39%
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.36%
  • Starbucks Corp 0.34%
  • Equinix Inc 0.30%
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.29%
  • Synopsys Inc 0.25%
  • Snowflake Inc 0.25%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open IVW or VUG 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.