ETF comparison
QUAL vs VB
Quality Factor vs US Small Cap.
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of QUAL and VB would leave roughly 2.9% 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
VB is 12 bps cheaper than QUAL. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for QUAL.
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 QUAL vs VB.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In QUAL | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION | 0.44% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 2 | WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. | 0.69% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 3 | EMCOR GROUP, INC. | 0.30% | 0.45% | 0.30% |
| 4 | JABIL INC. | 0.25% | 0.49% | 0.25% |
| 5 | BEST BUY CO., INC. | 0.35% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 6 | DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION | 0.34% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 7 | F5, INC. | 0.15% | 0.29% | 0.15% |
| 8 | LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC. | 0.15% | 0.22% | 0.15% |
| 9 | TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORPORATION | 0.13% | 0.16% | 0.13% |
| 10 | NVR, Inc. | 0.35% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 11 | FABRINET | 0.10% | 0.24% | 0.10% |
| 12 | GRACO INC. | 0.10% | 0.15% | 0.10% |
Only in QUAL
104 total- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7.16%
- APPLE INC. 6.64%
- NVIDIA CORPORATION 5.85%
- THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 3.98%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.69%
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 3.66%
- LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.49%
- VISA INC. 3.17%
- APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.10%
- KLA CORPORATION 2.47%
Only in VB
1,288 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
- Tapestry Inc 0.36%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.36%
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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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