ETF comparison
IYW vs VGT
Both Technology.
iShares U.S. Technology ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
123 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYW and VGT would leave roughly 77.3% 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
VGT is 28 bps cheaper than IYW. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IYW.
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 IYW vs VGT.
Top shared holdings
123 shared in total| # | Holding | In IYW | In VGT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 13.65% | 16.82% | 13.65% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 13.15% | 14.57% | 13.15% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 10.68% | 9.46% | 9.46% |
| 4 | BROADCOM INC. | 4.62% | 4.21% | 4.21% |
| 5 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 3.06% | 3.21% | 3.06% |
| 6 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 2.97% | 4.20% | 2.97% |
| 7 | INTEL CORPORATION | 2.06% | 2.03% | 2.03% |
| 8 | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1.91% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 9 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 2.10% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 10 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 1.43% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 11 | ORACLE CORPORATION | 1.16% | 1.45% | 1.16% |
| 12 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 1.31% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
Only in IYW
26 total- ALPHABET INC. 6.18%
- ALPHABET INC. 5.05%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.79%
- VERTIV HOLDINGS CO 0.48%
- DOORDASH, INC. 0.38%
- REDDIT, INC. 0.10%
- SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC. 0.08%
- TOAST, INC. 0.08%
- LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. 0.08%
- PINTEREST, INC. 0.06%
Only in VGT
194 total- Cisco Systems Inc 1.85%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.80%
- Arista Networks Inc 0.69%
- Accenture PLC 0.47%
- NXP Semiconductors NV 0.38%
- Ciena Corp 0.37%
- Motorola Solutions Inc 0.30%
- TE Connectivity PLC 0.28%
- Lumentum Holdings Inc 0.28%
- Keysight Technologies Inc 0.27%
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