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ETF comparison

IWB vs MGC

Both US Large Cap.

iShares Russell 1000 ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
75.6 %

171 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWB and MGC would leave roughly 75.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IWB unmatched 24.2% Shared 75.6% MGC unmatched 24.1%

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 IWB only
853 positions
Shared
171 positions
In MGC only
2 positions

Side by side

IWB

iShares Russell 1000 ETF

iShares · US Large Cap

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$48.56B
TTM yield
0.92%
Top-10 conc.
33.4%
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

85
Cost
95
89
Tax efficiency
89
100
Liquidity
100
67
Concentration
47
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Tracking quality
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IWB sub-score MGC

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

Cost difference

MGC is 10 bps cheaper than IWB. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for IWB.

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 IWB vs MGC.

Top shared holdings

171 shared in total
# Holding In IWB In MGC Overlap
1 NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.72% 9.10% 6.72%
2 APPLE INC. 6.03% 8.55% 6.03%
3 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.99% 6.24% 3.99%
4 AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.33% 4.88% 3.33%
5 ALPHABET INC. 3.00% 4.13% 3.00%
6 BROADCOM INC. 2.53% 3.95% 2.53%
7 ALPHABET INC. 2.42% 3.25% 2.42%
8 MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.87% 2.04% 1.87%
9 META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.78% 2.58% 1.78%
10 TESLA, INC. 1.77% 2.29% 1.77%
11 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.38% 1.75% 1.38%
12 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.36% 1.57% 1.36%

Only in IWB

853 total
  • WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 0.31%
  • VERTIV HOLDINGS CO 0.19%
  • QUANTA SERVICES, INC. 0.15%
  • HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. 0.15%
  • CUMMINS INC. 0.14%
  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0.13%
  • DATADOG, INC. 0.12%
  • BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION 0.12%
  • ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. 0.11%
  • CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION. 0.11%

Only in MGC

2 total
  • Honeywell International Inc 0.28%
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.11%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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.