ETF comparison

MGKvsSPYG

Both US Large Cap Growth.

Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
72.8%

47 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MGK and SPYG would leave roughly72.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

MGK only 27.0%Shared 72.8%SPYG only 27.1%
In MGK only
9 positions
Shared
47 positions
In SPYG only
101 positions

Side by side

MGK

Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard · US Large Cap Growth

84composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$33.69B
TTM yield
0.33%
Top-10 conc.
63.7%
SPYG

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

State Street · US Large Cap Growth

86composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$54.46B
TTM yield
0.48%
Top-10 conc.
56.4%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
96
90
Tax efficiency
90
100
Liquidity
100
23
Concentration
34
Tracking quality
MGKsub-scoreSPYG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

SPYG is 1 bps cheaper than MGK. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for MGK.

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 MGK vs SPYG.

Top shared holdings

47 shared in total
#HoldingIn MGKIn SPYGOverlap
1NVIDIA Corp13.27%13.65%13.27%
2Microsoft Corp7.50%7.80%7.50%
3Apple Inc12.17%5.99%5.99%
4Alphabet Inc5.92%5.90%5.90%
5Alphabet Inc4.66%4.70%4.66%
6Broadcom Inc4.27%5.04%4.27%
7Meta Platforms Inc4.08%3.48%3.48%
8Amazon.com Inc4.46%3.48%3.48%
9Eli Lilly & Co3.40%2.67%2.67%
10Advanced Micro Devices Inc3.19%2.67%2.67%
11Tesla Inc3.93%2.07%2.07%
12Lam Research Corp1.92%1.53%1.53%

Only in MGK

9 total
  • Intel Corp1.10%
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc0.60%
  • Western Digital Corp0.51%
  • Equinix Inc0.50%
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp0.48%
  • Synopsys Inc0.45%
  • Ecolab Inc0.42%
  • Snowflake Inc0.33%
  • Cintas Corp0.28%

Only in SPYG

101 total
  • Micron Technology Inc3.67%
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc2.58%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co1.68%
  • Caterpillar Inc1.38%
  • Johnson & Johnson1.02%
  • RTX Corp0.72%
  • Cisco Systems Inc0.69%
  • AbbVie Inc0.58%
  • General Electric Co0.57%
  • Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.55%

Open MGK or SPYG at a brokerage

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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.