ETF comparison
IWF vs MGV
US Large Cap Growth vs US Value.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
37 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWF and MGV would leave roughly 13.9% 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
MGV is 13 bps cheaper than IWF. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for IWF.
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 IWF vs MGV.
Top shared holdings
37 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWF | In MGV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 3.86% | 5.26% | 3.86% |
| 2 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 1.70% | 1.72% | 1.70% |
| 3 | CATERPILLAR INC. | 1.43% | 1.96% | 1.43% |
| 4 | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 1.14% | 1.55% | 1.14% |
| 5 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 0.80% | 1.33% | 0.80% |
| 6 | THE HOME DEPOT, INC. | 0.77% | 1.52% | 0.77% |
| 7 | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION | 0.54% | 2.04% | 0.54% |
| 8 | AMGEN INC. | 0.41% | 0.87% | 0.41% |
| 9 | TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.32% | 0.48% | 0.32% |
| 10 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 0.31% | 0.59% | 0.31% |
| 11 | MCKESSON CORPORATION | 0.26% | 0.44% | 0.26% |
| 12 | BLACKSTONE INC. | 0.21% | 0.42% | 0.21% |
Only in IWF
331 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION 13.83%
- APPLE INC. 6.72%
- ALPHABET INC. 6.17%
- BROADCOM INC. 5.21%
- ALPHABET INC. 4.98%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.11%
- TESLA, INC. 3.64%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.00%
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2.84%
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2.80%
Only in MGV
83 total- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.64%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 3.15%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.91%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.61%
- Intel Corp 2.20%
- Cisco Systems Inc 2.06%
- Chevron Corp 1.66%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.66%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.60%
- Merck & Co Inc 1.41%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IWF
- IWF vs MOAT · VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF 13.4%
- IWF vs VTV · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF 13.2%
- IWF vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 13.1%
- IWF vs IWR · iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 10.8%
- IWF vs IWP · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF 10.8%
- IWF vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 10.2%
More comparisons with MGV
- MGV vs RPV · Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF 9.4%
- MGV vs VUG · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF 5.9%
- MGV vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 4.2%
- MGV vs VOE · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF 3.9%
- MGV vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 0.0%
- MGV vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 0.0%
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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