ETF comparison
IWF vs VONG
Both US Large Cap Growth.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
271 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWF and VONG would leave roughly 75.2% 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
VONG is 12 bps cheaper than IWF. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/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 VONG.
Top shared holdings
271 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWF | In VONG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 13.83% | 13.07% | 13.07% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.72% | 11.95% | 6.72% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC. | 5.21% | 5.77% | 5.21% |
| 4 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.11% | 8.96% | 4.11% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC. | 6.17% | 3.91% | 3.91% |
| 6 | TESLA, INC. | 3.64% | 3.48% | 3.48% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 4.98% | 3.15% | 3.15% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 3.00% | 3.19% | 3.00% |
| 9 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 2.84% | 2.67% | 2.67% |
| 10 | VISA INC. | 1.68% | 1.57% | 1.57% |
| 11 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 2.80% | 1.46% | 1.46% |
| 12 | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1.60% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
Only in IWF
97 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3.86%
- SANDISK CORPORATION 0.98%
- WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 0.64%
- CORNING INCORPORATED 0.60%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0.24%
- BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION 0.24%
- TERADYNE, INC. 0.22%
- CIENA CORPORATION 0.20%
- MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0.14%
- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.13%
Only in VONG
116 total- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.34%
- O'Reilly Automotive Inc 0.20%
- Synopsys Inc 0.20%
- QUALCOMM Inc 0.18%
- Aon PLC 0.18%
- Gilead Sciences Inc 0.14%
- Apollo Global Management Inc 0.11%
- Stryker Corp 0.08%
- Copart Inc 0.08%
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 0.07%
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- VONG vs VOOG · Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 72.9%
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- VONG vs SPYG · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF 70.6%
- VONG vs IVW · iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 70.6%
- VONG vs IUSG · iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF 69.4%
- VONG vs FELG · Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETF 66.9%
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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