ETF comparison
IWF vs VO
US Large Cap Growth vs US Mid Cap.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
103 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWF and VO would leave roughly 10.2% 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
VO 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 VO.
Top shared holdings
103 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWF | In VO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION | 0.64% | 1.06% | 0.64% |
| 2 | VERTIV HOLDINGS CO | 0.38% | 1.22% | 0.38% |
| 3 | QUANTA SERVICES, INC. | 0.32% | 1.04% | 0.32% |
| 4 | HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. | 0.32% | 1.04% | 0.32% |
| 5 | FORTINET, INC. | 0.28% | 0.46% | 0.28% |
| 6 | DATADOG, INC. | 0.25% | 0.83% | 0.25% |
| 7 | SNOWFLAKE INC. | 0.25% | 0.41% | 0.25% |
| 8 | BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION | 0.24% | 0.79% | 0.24% |
| 9 | CLOUDFLARE, INC. | 0.23% | 0.76% | 0.23% |
| 10 | TERADYNE, INC. | 0.22% | 0.73% | 0.22% |
| 11 | Astera Labs, Inc | 0.22% | 0.36% | 0.22% |
| 12 | HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC. | 0.22% | 0.36% | 0.22% |
Only in IWF
265 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 VO
179 total- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%
- CRH PLC 0.69%
- SLB Ltd 0.67%
- General Motors Co 0.67%
- Warner Bros Discovery Inc 0.61%
- PACCAR Inc 0.61%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.61%
- Allstate Corp/The 0.59%
- Sempra 0.59%
- Dominion Energy Inc 0.58%
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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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