ETF comparison
SMLF vs VTI
Multi-Factor vs US Total Market.
iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF
Holdings overlap
832 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SMLF and VTI would leave roughly 7.3% 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
VTI 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 VTI.
Top shared holdings
832 shared in total| # | Holding | In SMLF | In VTI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astera Labs, Inc. | 0.70% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 2 | Flex Ltd. | 0.78% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 3 | Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. | 0.51% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | Jabil, Inc. | 0.75% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | Revolution Medicines, Inc. | 0.47% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 6 | Natera, Inc. | 0.62% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 7 | EMCOR Group, Inc. | 0.95% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 8 | Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. | 0.83% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | MKS, Inc. | 0.22% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | Tapestry, Inc. | 0.66% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | Casey's General Stores, Inc. | 0.32% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | Carpenter Technology Corp. | 0.43% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in SMLF
60 total- SharkNinja, Inc. 0.38%
- XP, Inc. 0.26%
- LivaNova plc 0.26%
- Liberty Global Ltd. 0.22%
- Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. 0.20%
- Bladex, Inc. 0.18%
- Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. 0.18%
- Autoliv, Inc. 0.16%
- Monday.com Ltd. 0.15%
- Global-e Online Ltd. 0.12%
Only in VTI
2,672 total- NVIDIA Corp 6.36%
- Apple Inc 5.87%
- Microsoft Corp 3.83%
- Amazon.com Inc 3.19%
- Alphabet Inc 2.90%
- Broadcom Inc 2.47%
- Alphabet Inc 2.28%
- Micron Technology Inc 1.80%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.71%
- Tesla Inc 1.64%
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- SMLF vs IWF · iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF 3.8%
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More comparisons with VTI
- VTI vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 7.2%
- VTI vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 7.0%
- VTI vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 7.0%
- VTI vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 6.9%
- VTI vs DVY · iShares Select Dividend ETF 6.8%
- VTI vs COWZ · Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF 6.6%
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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