ETF comparison
IWF vs VB
US Large Cap Growth vs US Small Cap.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
182 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWF and VB would leave roughly 4.7% 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
VB is 15 bps cheaper than IWF. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 VB.
Top shared holdings
182 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWF | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astera Labs, Inc | 0.22% | 0.45% | 0.22% |
| 2 | Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd | 0.13% | 0.55% | 0.13% |
| 3 | JABIL INC. | 0.12% | 0.49% | 0.12% |
| 4 | NATERA, INC. | 0.11% | 0.45% | 0.11% |
| 5 | EMCOR GROUP, INC. | 0.11% | 0.45% | 0.11% |
| 6 | REVOLUTION MEDICINES, INC. | 0.11% | 0.46% | 0.11% |
| 7 | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.09% | 0.35% | 0.09% |
| 8 | NRG ENERGY, INC. | 0.09% | 0.37% | 0.09% |
| 9 | TAPESTRY, INC. | 0.09% | 0.36% | 0.09% |
| 10 | FTAI Aviation Ltd. | 0.08% | 0.34% | 0.08% |
| 11 | ATI INC | 0.08% | 0.33% | 0.08% |
| 12 | CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC. | 0.08% | 0.36% | 0.08% |
Only in IWF
186 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 VB
1,127 total- Flex Ltd 0.36%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.35%
- Illumina Inc 0.31%
- Moderna Inc 0.30%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.29%
- F5 Inc 0.29%
- United Therapeutics Corp 0.28%
- Okta Inc 0.28%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.27%
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 0.27%
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- IWF vs SCHM · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF 4.4%
- IWF vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 4.4%
- IWF vs SDY · State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF 4.3%
- IWF vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 4.1%
- IWF vs SPLV · Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF 3.9%
- IWF vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 3.8%
More comparisons with VB
- VB vs SUSA · iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF 4.6%
- VB vs DGRW · WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund 4.5%
- VB vs SPHQ · Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF 4.4%
- VB vs FELC · Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Core ETF 4.4%
- VB vs MTUM · iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF 4.1%
- VB vs JAVA · JPMorgan Active Value ETF 4.1%
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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