ETF comparison
IWS vs VOT
Both US Mid Cap.
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
69 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWS and VOT would leave roughly 17.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
69 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWS | In VOT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Digital Corp. | 0.94% | 1.19% | 0.94% |
| 2 | Corning Incorporated | 1.08% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 3 | Realty Income Corporation | 0.57% | 1.48% | 0.57% |
| 4 | Ross Stores Inc | 0.56% | 1.82% | 0.56% |
| 5 | Ciena Corporation | 0.56% | 0.71% | 0.56% |
| 6 | Electronic Arts Inc. | 0.52% | 0.66% | 0.52% |
| 7 | Ametek, Inc. | 0.50% | 1.28% | 0.50% |
| 8 | Teradyne Inc. | 0.47% | 1.21% | 0.47% |
| 9 | Lumentum Holdings Inc. | 0.47% | 0.65% | 0.47% |
| 10 | Robinhood Markets Inc | 0.46% | 1.42% | 0.46% |
| 11 | Coherent Corp | 0.42% | 0.58% | 0.42% |
| 12 | EQT Corporation | 0.39% | 0.52% | 0.39% |
Only in IWS
643 total- SANDISK CORP 0.92%
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 0.77%
- Valero Energy Corp. 0.76%
- Cummins Inc. 0.75%
- Marathon Petroleum Corp. 0.75%
- Phillips 66 0.69%
- Kinder Morgan, Inc. 0.66%
- L3 Harris Technologies Inc 0.66%
- Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. 0.65%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc. 0.63%
Only in VOT
61 total- Vertiv Holdings Co 2.49%
- Howmet Aerospace Inc 2.40%
- Constellation Energy Corp 2.24%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 2.22%
- Motorola Solutions Inc 1.87%
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 1.74%
- TransDigm Group Inc 1.70%
- Cloudflare Inc 1.62%
- Targa Resources Corp 1.40%
- DoorDash Inc 1.36%
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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.