ETF comparison
SMLF vs VTV
Multi-Factor vs US Value.
iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SMLF and VTV would leave roughly 0.1% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VTV 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 VTV.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In SMLF | In VTV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. | 0.83% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 2 | Rocket Cos., Inc. | 0.17% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in SMLF
890 total- EMCOR Group, Inc. 0.95%
- nVent Electric plc 0.80%
- Flex Ltd. 0.78%
- Jabil, Inc. 0.75%
- Astera Labs, Inc. 0.70%
- Tapestry, Inc. 0.66%
- Natera, Inc. 0.62%
- Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 0.61%
- Mueller Industries, Inc. 0.59%
- Reliance, Inc. 0.56%
Only in VTV
306 total- Micron Technology Inc 4.87%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.06%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.95%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.29%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.12%
- Walmart Inc 1.86%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.83%
- AbbVie Inc 1.66%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.56%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc 1.41%
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- 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%
More comparisons with VTV
- VTV vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 0.1%
- VTV vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 0.1%
- VTV vs IQLT · iShares MSCI Intl Quality Factor ETF 0.1%
- VTV vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 0.1%
- VTV vs DFAS · U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 0.0%
- VTV vs DFSV · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open SMLF or VTV 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.