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ETF comparison

LRGF vs VB

Multi-Factor vs US Small Cap.

iShares U.S. Equity Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
9.4 %

96 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of LRGF and VB would leave roughly 9.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

LRGF unmatched 90.4% Shared 9.4% VB unmatched 90.3%

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.

In LRGF only
196 positions
Shared
96 positions
In VB only
1,213 positions

Side by side

LRGF

iShares U.S. Equity Factor ETF

iShares · Multi-Factor

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$3.67B
TTM yield
1.07%
Top-10 conc.
34.8%
VB

Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Vanguard · US Small Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$175.77B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
1.27%
Top-10 conc.
4.3%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
97
86
Tax efficiency
88
81
Liquidity
100
65
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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LRGF sub-score VB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VB is 5 bps cheaper than LRGF. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for LRGF.

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 LRGF vs VB.

Top shared holdings

96 shared in total
# Holding In LRGF In VB Overlap
1 EMCOR Group, Inc. 0.34% 0.45% 0.34%
2 Tapestry, Inc. 0.33% 0.36% 0.33%
3 Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 0.41% 0.33% 0.33%
4 TechnipFMC plc 0.41% 0.32% 0.32%
5 Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. 0.26% 0.30% 0.26%
6 Okta, Inc. 0.24% 0.28% 0.24%
7 Jabil, Inc. 0.23% 0.49% 0.23%
8 Guardant Health, Inc. 0.20% 0.23% 0.20%
9 Carpenter Technology Corp. 0.20% 0.35% 0.20%
10 Best Buy Co., Inc. 0.27% 0.18% 0.18%
11 Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 0.18% 0.20% 0.18%
12 Ralph Lauren Corp. 0.31% 0.17% 0.17%

Only in LRGF

196 total
  • NVIDIA Corp. 7.07%
  • Apple, Inc. 6.54%
  • Microsoft Corp. 4.86%
  • Alphabet, Inc. 4.25%
  • Amazon.com, Inc. 3.40%
  • Broadcom, Inc. 2.97%
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.69%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.60%
  • Visa, Inc. 1.26%
  • Micron Technology, Inc. 1.20%

Only in VB

1,213 total
  • REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
  • Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
  • Natera Inc 0.45%
  • Twilio Inc 0.38%
  • MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
  • Casey's General Stores Inc 0.36%
  • Atmos Energy Corp 0.35%
  • Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.34%
  • FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.34%
  • Entegris Inc 0.33%

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/.

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.