ETF comparison
IVWvsVUG
Both US Large Cap Growth.
iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
88 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IVW and VUG would leave roughly77.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost 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 INC3.67%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC2.58%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY1.68%
- CATERPILLAR INC1.38%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON1.02%
- RTX CORP0.72%
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC0.69%
- ABBVIE INC0.58%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE)0.55%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC0.44%
Only in VUG
58 total- Costco Wholesale Corp1.15%
- Intel Corp0.79%
- Western Digital Corp0.62%
- Texas Instruments Inc0.39%
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc0.36%
- Starbucks Corp0.34%
- Equinix Inc0.30%
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp0.29%
- Synopsys Inc0.25%
- Snowflake Inc0.25%
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.