ETF comparison
IWB vs VUG
US Large Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.
Holdings overlap
141 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWB and VUG would leave roughly 53.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VUG 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 VUG.
Top shared holdings
141 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWB | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 6.72% | 12.63% | 6.72% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.03% | 11.67% | 6.03% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 3.99% | 7.61% | 3.99% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.33% | 4.47% | 3.33% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 3.00% | 5.76% | 3.00% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.53% | 4.28% | 2.53% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.42% | 4.53% | 2.42% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 1.78% | 3.41% | 1.78% |
| 9 | TESLA, INC. | 1.77% | 3.27% | 1.77% |
| 10 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.38% | 2.81% | 1.38% |
| 11 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 1.36% | 2.62% | 1.36% |
| 12 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 0.83% | 1.60% | 0.83% |
Only in IWB
883 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.87%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.34%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.26%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.88%
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 0.82%
- WALMART INC. 0.72%
- CATERPILLAR INC. 0.70%
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.67%
- ABBVIE INC. 0.64%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.54%
Only in VUG
5 total- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.61%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.14%
- Cerebras Systems Inc 0.04%
- Symbotic Inc 0.02%
- Venture Global Inc 0.02%
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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/.
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