ETF comparison
SMLFvsVB
Multi-Factor vs US Small Cap.
iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
674 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SMLF and VB would leave roughly48.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VB is 12 bps cheaper than SMLF. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for SMLF.
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 SMLF vs VB.
Top shared holdings
674 shared in total| # | Holding | In SMLF | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jabil, Inc. | 0.88% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 2 | Astera Labs, Inc. | 0.47% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 3 | Natera, Inc. | 0.49% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 4 | EMCOR Group, Inc. | 1.33% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 5 | Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. | 0.43% | 0.55% | 0.43% |
| 6 | Flex Ltd. | 0.68% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | Tapestry, Inc. | 0.66% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Carpenter Technology Corp. | 0.37% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 9 | Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 0.43% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 10 | FTAI Aviation Ltd. | 0.35% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 11 | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 0.50% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 12 | nVent Electric plc | 0.84% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
Only in SMLF
216 total- BlackRock Funds III7.81%
- BlackRock Funds III0.95%
- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.0.78%
- DuPont de Nemours, Inc.0.34%
- Reddit, Inc.0.33%
- Vita Coco Co., Inc. (The)0.31%
- XP, Inc.0.30%
- SharkNinja, Inc.0.28%
- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA0.27%
- Liberty Global Ltd.0.25%
Only in VB
635 total- Twilio Inc0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc0.37%
- Atmos Energy Corp0.35%
- TechnipFMC PLC0.32%
- MasTec Inc0.32%
- Illumina Inc0.31%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC0.29%
- F5 Inc0.29%
- Okta Inc0.28%
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc0.27%
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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.