ETF comparison
MGCvsTCAF
Both US Large Cap.
Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap ETF · T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Equity ETF
Holdings overlap
36 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MGC and TCAF would leave roughly44.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
MGC is 26 bps cheaper than TCAF. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for TCAF.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with MGC vs TCAF.
Top shared holdings
36 shared in total| # | Holding | In MGC | In TCAF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 9.10% | 5.30% | 5.30% |
| 2 | Microsoft Corp | 6.24% | 5.14% | 5.14% |
| 3 | Amazon.com Inc | 4.88% | 5.83% | 4.88% |
| 4 | Apple Inc | 8.55% | 4.70% | 4.70% |
| 5 | Alphabet Inc | 4.13% | 4.36% | 4.13% |
| 6 | Broadcom Inc | 3.95% | 3.14% | 3.14% |
| 7 | Meta Platforms Inc | 2.58% | 4.18% | 2.58% |
| 8 | Micron Technology Inc | 2.04% | 2.06% | 2.04% |
| 9 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 1.57% | 2.65% | 1.57% |
| 10 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.41% | 1.86% | 1.41% |
| 11 | Visa Inc | 1.02% | 1.56% | 1.02% |
| 12 | Alphabet Inc | 3.25% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
Only in MGC
137 total- Tesla Inc2.29%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.53%
- Exxon Mobil Corp1.13%
- Johnson & Johnson1.01%
- Walmart Inc0.95%
- Intel Corp0.86%
- Cisco Systems Inc0.80%
- Costco Wholesale Corp0.79%
- Caterpillar Inc0.76%
- Lam Research Corp0.74%
Only in TCAF
52 total- CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC3.03%
- KEURIG DR PEPPER INC2.60%
- NISOURCE INC2.42%
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR2.18%
- CENCORA INC2.00%
- WATERS CORP1.79%
- AMEREN CORPORATION1.69%
- PPL CORP1.64%
- CYTOKINETICS INC1.34%
- REVVITY INC1.29%
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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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