ETF comparison
IWF vs VUG
Both US Large Cap Growth.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
113 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWF and VUG would leave roughly 77.9% 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
VUG 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 VUG.
Top shared holdings
113 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWF | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 13.83% | 12.63% | 12.63% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.72% | 11.67% | 6.72% |
| 3 | ALPHABET INC. | 6.17% | 5.76% | 5.76% |
| 4 | ALPHABET INC. | 4.98% | 4.53% | 4.53% |
| 5 | BROADCOM INC. | 5.21% | 4.28% | 4.28% |
| 6 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.11% | 7.61% | 4.11% |
| 7 | TESLA, INC. | 3.64% | 3.27% | 3.27% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 3.00% | 3.41% | 3.00% |
| 9 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 2.84% | 2.81% | 2.81% |
| 10 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 2.80% | 2.62% | 2.62% |
| 11 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 1.70% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 12 | VISA INC. | 1.68% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
Only in IWF
255 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3.86%
- CATERPILLAR INC. 1.43%
- THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 0.77%
- AMGEN INC. 0.41%
- TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.32%
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0.31%
- MCKESSON CORPORATION 0.26%
- SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0.21%
- SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. 0.21%
- ROSS STORES, INC. 0.17%
Only in VUG
33 total- Intel Corp 0.79%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.61%
- McDonald's Corp 0.54%
- Welltower Inc 0.46%
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.36%
- Equinix Inc 0.30%
- Synopsys Inc 0.25%
- O'Reilly Automotive Inc 0.23%
- Ecolab Inc 0.21%
- Stryker Corp 0.17%
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- IWF vs VONG · Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 75.2%
- IWF vs VOOG · Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 74.2%
- IWF vs FELG · Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETF 72.9%
More comparisons with VUG
- VUG vs SPYG · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF 77.3%
- VUG vs IVW · iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 77.3%
- VUG vs IWY · iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF 75.3%
- VUG vs IUSG · iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF 75.0%
- VUG vs VOOG · Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 74.9%
- VUG vs XLG · Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF 69.9%
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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