ETF comparison
IWS vs VTV
US Mid Cap vs US Value.
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF
Holdings overlap
166 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWS and VTV would leave roughly 18.8% 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
VTV is 20 bps cheaper than IWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/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 VTV.
Top shared holdings
166 shared in total| # | Holding | In IWS | In VTV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP | 0.36% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 2 | UNITED RENTALS INC | 0.53% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 3 | PHILLIPS 66 | 0.62% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC | 0.63% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 5 | DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC | 0.62% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 6 | ALLSTATE CORP (THE) | 0.60% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 7 | KINDER MORGAN INC | 0.61% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 8 | KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC | 0.25% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 9 | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY | 0.59% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 10 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | 0.56% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | CORTEVA INC | 0.56% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | CARDINAL HEALTH INC | 0.30% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Only in IWS
554 total- FLEX LTD 0.58%
- COHERENT CORP 0.54%
- BLOCK INC 0.39%
- VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY 0.37%
- MSCI INC 0.37%
- COINBASE GLOBAL INC 0.31%
- OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC 0.31%
- YUM! BRANDS INC 0.30%
- ATMOS ENERGY CORP 0.28%
- RESMED INC 0.28%
Only in VTV
142 total- Micron Technology Inc 4.87%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.06%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.95%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.29%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.12%
- Walmart Inc 1.86%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.83%
- AbbVie Inc 1.66%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.56%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.41%
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More comparisons with IWS
- IWS vs IJJ · iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF 18.2%
- IWS vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 16.2%
- IWS vs VOT · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF 16.2%
- IWS vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 15.3%
- IWS vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 15.3%
- IWS vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 15.0%
More comparisons with VTV
- VTV vs CGUS · Capital Group Core Equity ETF 17.9%
- VTV vs RPV · Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF 17.3%
- VTV vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 17.1%
- VTV vs RDVY · First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF 16.1%
- VTV vs DVY · iShares Select Dividend ETF 15.7%
- VTV vs ONEQ · Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF 15.0%
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/.
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