ETF comparison
IWF vs SMLF
US Large Cap Growth vs Multi-Factor.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF
Holdings overlap
131 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWF and SMLF would leave roughly 3.8% 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
SMLF is 3 bps cheaper than IWF. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/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 SMLF.
Top shared holdings
131 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWF | In SMLF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astera Labs, Inc | 0.22% | 0.70% | 0.22% |
| 2 | Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd | 0.13% | 0.51% | 0.13% |
| 3 | JABIL INC. | 0.12% | 0.75% | 0.12% |
| 4 | NATERA, INC. | 0.11% | 0.62% | 0.11% |
| 5 | EMCOR GROUP, INC. | 0.11% | 0.95% | 0.11% |
| 6 | REVOLUTION MEDICINES, INC. | 0.11% | 0.47% | 0.11% |
| 7 | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.09% | 0.43% | 0.09% |
| 8 | TAPESTRY, INC. | 0.09% | 0.66% | 0.09% |
| 9 | FTAI Aviation Ltd. | 0.08% | 0.28% | 0.08% |
| 10 | ATI INC | 0.08% | 0.40% | 0.08% |
| 11 | CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC. | 0.08% | 0.32% | 0.08% |
| 12 | MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.08% | 0.16% | 0.08% |
Only in IWF
237 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%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3.86%
- TESLA, INC. 3.64%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.00%
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2.84%
Only in SMLF
761 total- Flex Ltd. 0.78%
- Mueller Industries, Inc. 0.59%
- Reliance, Inc. 0.56%
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. 0.52%
- IDACORP, Inc. 0.44%
- East West Bancorp, Inc. 0.43%
- Evercore, Inc. 0.42%
- United Therapeutics Corp. 0.39%
- Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 0.39%
- Crane Co. 0.38%
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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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