ETF comparison
IWF vs VBK
US Large Cap Growth vs US Small Cap.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
144 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWF and VBK would leave roughly 4.1% 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
VBK 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 VBK.
Top shared holdings
144 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWF | In VBK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astera Labs, Inc | 0.22% | 1.05% | 0.22% |
| 2 | Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd | 0.13% | 1.27% | 0.13% |
| 3 | NATERA, INC. | 0.11% | 1.04% | 0.11% |
| 4 | EMCOR GROUP, INC. | 0.11% | 0.52% | 0.11% |
| 5 | REVOLUTION MEDICINES, INC. | 0.11% | 1.06% | 0.11% |
| 6 | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.09% | 0.82% | 0.09% |
| 7 | FTAI Aviation Ltd. | 0.08% | 0.78% | 0.08% |
| 8 | ATI INC | 0.08% | 0.76% | 0.08% |
| 9 | CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC. | 0.08% | 0.83% | 0.08% |
| 10 | MASTEC, INC. | 0.08% | 0.74% | 0.08% |
| 11 | TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORPORATION | 0.08% | 0.36% | 0.08% |
| 12 | MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.08% | 0.73% | 0.08% |
Only in IWF
224 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 VBK
399 total- Okta Inc 0.65%
- RB Global Inc 0.61%
- Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One 0.57%
- Incyte Corp 0.54%
- Roivant Sciences Ltd 0.50%
- Generac Holdings Inc 0.48%
- Nextpower Inc 0.48%
- Royal Gold Inc 0.48%
- Nordson Corp 0.45%
- IonQ Inc 0.44%
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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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