ETF comparison

IWSvsVOT

Both US Mid Cap.

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
16.2%

66 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWS and VOT would leave roughly16.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IWS only 83.7%Shared 16.2%VOT only 83.7%
In IWS only
654 positions
Shared
66 positions
In VOT only
56 positions

Side by side

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

iShares · US Mid Cap

88composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.23%
Net assets
$15.66B
TTM yield
1.31%
Top-10 conc.
7.1%
VOT

Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard · US Mid Cap

93composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$34.14B
TTM yield
0.62%
Top-10 conc.
21.3%

Sub-score comparison

77
Cost
95
88
Tax efficiency
89
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
84
Tracking quality
IWSsub-scoreVOT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

VOT is 18 bps cheaper than IWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for IWS.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with IWS vs VOT.

Top shared holdings

66 shared in total
#HoldingIn IWSIn VOTOverlap
1FLEX LTD0.58%0.65%0.58%
2REALTY INCOME CORP0.57%1.27%0.57%
3AMETEK INC0.54%1.22%0.54%
4COHERENT CORP0.54%1.70%0.54%
5EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP0.51%1.15%0.51%
6ELECTRONIC ARTS INC0.43%0.57%0.43%
7VENTAS INC0.42%0.95%0.42%
8BLOCK INC0.39%0.89%0.39%
9GARMIN LTD0.38%0.86%0.38%
10VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY0.37%0.84%0.37%
11AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC0.37%0.82%0.37%
12MSCI INC0.37%0.86%0.37%

Only in IWS

654 total
  • WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC0.63%
  • PHILLIPS 660.62%
  • DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC0.62%
  • KINDER MORGAN INC0.61%
  • ALLSTATE CORP (THE)0.60%
  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY0.59%
  • DELTA AIR LINES INC0.56%
  • CORTEVA INC0.56%
  • BAKER HUGHES COMPANY0.54%
  • ONEOK INC0.54%

Only in VOT

56 total
  • Vertiv Holdings Co2.83%
  • Western Digital Corp2.42%
  • Seagate Technology Holdings PLC2.38%
  • Quanta Services Inc2.38%
  • Howmet Aerospace Inc2.37%
  • Datadog Inc1.90%
  • Bloom Energy Corp1.80%
  • Constellation Energy Corp1.77%
  • Cloudflare Inc1.72%
  • Teradyne Inc1.67%

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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.