ETF comparison
SMLF vs VB
Multi-Factor vs US Small Cap.
iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
684 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SMLF and VB would leave roughly 49.8% 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 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with SMLF vs VB.
Top shared holdings
684 shared in total| # | Holding | In SMLF | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. | 0.51% | 0.55% | 0.51% |
| 2 | Jabil, Inc. | 0.75% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 3 | Revolution Medicines, Inc. | 0.47% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 4 | Astera Labs, Inc. | 0.70% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 5 | Natera, Inc. | 0.62% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 6 | EMCOR Group, Inc. | 0.95% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 7 | Flex Ltd. | 0.78% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 8 | Tapestry, Inc. | 0.66% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 9 | Carpenter Technology Corp. | 0.43% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 10 | Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 0.42% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 11 | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 0.61% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 12 | nVent Electric plc | 0.80% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
Only in SMLF
208 total- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. 0.83%
- SharkNinja, Inc. 0.38%
- Reddit, Inc. 0.30%
- XP, Inc. 0.26%
- LivaNova plc 0.26%
- Liberty Global Ltd. 0.22%
- Perdoceo Education Corp. 0.22%
- Perimeter Solutions, Inc. 0.21%
- Liquidia Corp. 0.20%
- Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. 0.20%
Only in VB
625 total- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.35%
- TechnipFMC PLC 0.32%
- Illumina Inc 0.31%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.29%
- F5 Inc 0.29%
- Okta Inc 0.28%
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 0.27%
- RB Global Inc 0.26%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SMLF
- SMLF vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 38.0%
- SMLF vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 25.5%
- SMLF vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 19.3%
- SMLF vs LRGF · iShares U.S. Equity Factor ETF 10.1%
- SMLF vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 7.3%
- SMLF vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 7.3%
More comparisons with VB
- VB vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 46.3%
- VB vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 46.0%
- VB vs IWR · iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 45.2%
- VB vs IWS · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 45.2%
- VB vs MDY · State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust 43.6%
- VB vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 43.5%
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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