ETF comparison
SUSA vs VUG
US Total Market vs US Large Cap Growth.
iShares ESG Optimized MSCI USA ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
68 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SUSA and VUG would leave roughly 48.7% 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
VUG is 22 bps cheaper than SUSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for SUSA.
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Top shared holdings
68 shared in total| # | Holding | In SUSA | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 7.35% | 12.63% | 7.35% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 6.67% | 11.67% | 6.67% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 4.86% | 7.61% | 4.86% |
| 4 | ALPHABET INC. | 3.42% | 4.53% | 3.42% |
| 5 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.73% | 4.28% | 2.73% |
| 6 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.59% | 5.76% | 2.59% |
| 7 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1.41% | 2.81% | 1.41% |
| 8 | TESLA, INC. | 1.36% | 3.27% | 1.36% |
| 9 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 1.33% | 2.62% | 1.33% |
| 10 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 1.15% | 1.60% | 1.15% |
| 11 | VISA INC. | 1.10% | 1.54% | 1.10% |
| 12 | MASTERCARD INCORPORATED | 1.00% | 1.13% | 1.00% |
Only in SUSA
125 total- THE HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP, INC. 1.41%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.38%
- MORGAN STANLEY 1.29%
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 1.11%
- THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 1.10%
- CUMMINS INC. 0.83%
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 0.81%
- AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY 0.77%
- PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC. 0.71%
- CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. 0.70%
Only in VUG
78 total- Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
- Sandisk Corp 0.94%
- Palantir Technologies Inc 0.71%
- Amphenol Corp 0.61%
- McDonald's Corp 0.54%
- Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 0.53%
- Boeing Co/The 0.48%
- Intuitive Surgical Inc 0.40%
- Vertiv Holdings Co 0.37%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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