ETF comparison
IWF vs MGK
Both US Large Cap Growth.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
47 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWF and MGK would leave roughly 71.5% 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
MGK is 13 bps cheaper than IWF. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for IWF.
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Top shared holdings
47 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWF | In MGK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 13.83% | 13.27% | 13.27% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.72% | 12.17% | 6.72% |
| 3 | ALPHABET INC. | 6.17% | 5.92% | 5.92% |
| 4 | ALPHABET INC. | 4.98% | 4.66% | 4.66% |
| 5 | BROADCOM INC. | 5.21% | 4.27% | 4.27% |
| 6 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.11% | 7.50% | 4.11% |
| 7 | TESLA, INC. | 3.64% | 3.93% | 3.64% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 3.00% | 4.08% | 3.00% |
| 9 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 2.84% | 3.40% | 2.84% |
| 10 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 2.80% | 3.19% | 2.80% |
| 11 | VISA INC. | 1.68% | 1.82% | 1.68% |
| 12 | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1.60% | 1.92% | 1.60% |
Only in IWF
321 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3.86%
- CATERPILLAR INC. 1.43%
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1.14%
- TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 0.80%
- THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 0.77%
- COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 0.54%
- AMGEN INC. 0.41%
- VERTIV HOLDINGS CO 0.38%
- TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.32%
- QUANTA SERVICES, INC. 0.32%
Only in MGK
9 total- Intel Corp 1.10%
- Welltower Inc 0.71%
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.60%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.51%
- Equinix Inc 0.50%
- Synopsys Inc 0.45%
- O'Reilly Automotive Inc 0.43%
- Ecolab Inc 0.42%
- Boston Scientific Corp 0.28%
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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