ETF comparison
IWN vs VBK
Both US Small Cap.
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
120 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWN and VBK would leave roughly 7.5% 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 19 bps cheaper than IWN. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for IWN.
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 IWN vs VBK.
Top shared holdings
120 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWN | In VBK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hut 8 Corp. | 0.36% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 2 | Cytokinetics, Inc. | 0.65% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 3 | CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 0.59% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 4 | Riot Platforms, Inc. | 0.21% | 0.26% | 0.21% |
| 5 | JBT Marel Corp. | 0.50% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 6 | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | 0.48% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 7 | Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. | 0.43% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 8 | Ormat Technologies, Inc. | 0.40% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. | 0.36% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | Kite Realty Group Trust | 0.38% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | Vaxcyte, Inc. | 0.16% | 0.24% | 0.16% |
| 12 | Transocean Ltd. | 0.31% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in IWN
1,302 total- Viasat, Inc. 0.74%
- UMB Financial Corp. 0.62%
- Terex Corp. 0.54%
- Old National Bancorp 0.52%
- Terreno Realty Corp. 0.45%
- Taylor Morrison Home Corp. 0.44%
- Macerich Co. (The) 0.43%
- Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 0.42%
- Garrett Motion, Inc. 0.41%
- Jackson Financial, Inc. 0.41%
Only in VBK
423 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.27%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 1.06%
- Astera Labs Inc 1.05%
- Natera Inc 1.04%
- Twilio Inc 0.88%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.83%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 0.82%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.79%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.78%
- nVent Electric PLC 0.77%
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- IWN vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 2.6%
- IWN vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 2.5%
- IWN vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 2.3%
- IWN vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 2.2%
- IWN vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 1.0%
- IWN vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
More comparisons with VBK
- VBK vs IJS · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF 7.4%
- VBK vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 6.7%
- VBK vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 6.4%
- VBK vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 5.6%
- VBK vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 5.6%
- VBK vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 5.5%
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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.