ETF comparison
IWS vs VOT
Both US Mid Cap.
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
66 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWS and VOT would leave roughly 16.2% 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
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with IWS vs VOT.
Top shared holdings
66 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWS | In VOT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLEX LTD | 0.58% | 0.65% | 0.58% |
| 2 | REALTY INCOME CORP | 0.57% | 1.27% | 0.57% |
| 3 | AMETEK INC | 0.54% | 1.22% | 0.54% |
| 4 | COHERENT CORP | 0.54% | 1.70% | 0.54% |
| 5 | EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP | 0.51% | 1.15% | 0.51% |
| 6 | ELECTRONIC ARTS INC | 0.43% | 0.57% | 0.43% |
| 7 | VENTAS INC | 0.42% | 0.95% | 0.42% |
| 8 | BLOCK INC | 0.39% | 0.89% | 0.39% |
| 9 | GARMIN LTD | 0.38% | 0.86% | 0.38% |
| 10 | VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY | 0.37% | 0.84% | 0.37% |
| 11 | AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC | 0.37% | 0.82% | 0.37% |
| 12 | MSCI INC | 0.37% | 0.86% | 0.37% |
Only in IWS
654 total- WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC 0.63%
- PHILLIPS 66 0.62%
- DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC 0.62%
- KINDER MORGAN INC 0.61%
- ALLSTATE CORP (THE) 0.60%
- HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 0.59%
- DELTA AIR LINES INC 0.56%
- CORTEVA INC 0.56%
- BAKER HUGHES COMPANY 0.54%
- ONEOK INC 0.54%
Only in VOT
56 total- Vertiv Holdings Co 2.83%
- Western Digital Corp 2.42%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 2.38%
- Quanta Services Inc 2.38%
- Howmet Aerospace Inc 2.37%
- Datadog Inc 1.90%
- Bloom Energy Corp 1.80%
- Constellation Energy Corp 1.77%
- Cloudflare Inc 1.72%
- Teradyne Inc 1.67%
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/methodology/.
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