ETF comparison
IWM vs VIOG
Both US Small Cap.
iShares Russell 2000 ETF · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
308 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWM and VIOG would leave roughly 30.7% 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
VIOG is 9 bps cheaper than IWM. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for IWM.
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 IWM vs VIOG.
Top shared holdings
308 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWM | In VIOG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viasat, Inc. | 0.35% | 1.30% | 0.35% |
| 2 | BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. | 0.35% | 0.97% | 0.35% |
| 3 | MaxLinear, Inc. | 0.34% | 0.38% | 0.34% |
| 4 | Argan, Inc. | 0.34% | 1.10% | 0.34% |
| 5 | Krystal Biotech, Inc. | 0.30% | 0.94% | 0.30% |
| 6 | ESCO Technologies, Inc. | 0.29% | 0.89% | 0.29% |
| 7 | Alkermes plc | 0.27% | 0.82% | 0.27% |
| 8 | StoneX Group, Inc. | 0.27% | 0.94% | 0.27% |
| 9 | Plexus Corp. | 0.25% | 0.37% | 0.25% |
| 10 | Enpro, Inc. | 0.25% | 0.77% | 0.25% |
| 11 | Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. | 0.25% | 0.86% | 0.25% |
| 12 | Glaukos Corp. | 0.25% | 0.48% | 0.25% |
Only in IWM
1,706 total- Moog, Inc. 0.38%
- Hut 8 Corp. 0.37%
- Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.35%
- UMB Financial Corp. 0.33%
- JFrog Ltd. 0.31%
- Riot Platforms, Inc. 0.30%
- CareTrust REIT, Inc. 0.28%
- Old National Bancorp 0.28%
- FirstCash Holdings, Inc. 0.28%
- Compass, Inc. 0.27%
Only in VIOG
34 total- Sanmina Corp 1.68%
- Viavi Solutions Inc 1.33%
- Semtech Corp 1.17%
- FormFactor Inc 1.14%
- Powell Industries Inc 0.96%
- Everus Construction Group Inc 0.90%
- Armstrong World Industries Inc 0.81%
- Primoris Services Corp 0.80%
- Madison Square Garden Sports Corp 0.80%
- Etsy Inc 0.79%
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- VIOG vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 22.7%
- VIOG vs DFAS · U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 21.9%
- VIOG vs IWN · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 21.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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