ETF comparison
IWB vs VTI
US Large Cap vs US Total Market.
iShares Russell 1000 ETF · Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
973 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWB and VTI would leave roughly 94.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VTI is 12 bps cheaper than IWB. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/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 VTI.
Top shared holdings
973 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWB | In VTI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.81% | 6.42% | 6.42% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.10% | 5.94% | 5.94% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.58% | 4.38% | 4.38% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.33% | 3.21% | 3.21% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.79% | 2.67% | 2.67% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.39% | 2.34% | 2.34% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.27% | 2.11% | 2.11% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 2.08% | 2.00% | 2.00% |
| 9 | TESLA, INC. | 1.75% | 1.67% | 1.67% |
| 10 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.47% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 11 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.23% | 1.25% | 1.23% |
| 12 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 1.33% | 1.19% | 1.19% |
Only in IWB
32 total- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.12%
- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC 0.08%
- Nu Holdings Ltd. 0.08%
- Restaurant Brands International Inc. 0.04%
- COUPANG, INC. 0.04%
- ROYALTY PHARMA PLC 0.03%
- AMCOR PLC 0.03%
- BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. 0.03%
- SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION 0.02%
- Viking Holdings Ltd 0.02%
Only in VTI
2,507 total- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.14%
- TE Connectivity PLC 0.10%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.07%
- Bloom Energy Corp 0.06%
- Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.04%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.04%
- Coreweave Inc 0.04%
- Fabrinet 0.03%
- Nextpower Inc 0.03%
- EchoStar Corp 0.02%
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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/.
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