ETF comparison
TCAF vs VUG
US Large Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.
T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Equity ETF · Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
34 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of TCAF and VUG would leave roughly 44.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VUG is 28 bps cheaper than TCAF. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for TCAF.
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 TCAF vs VUG.
Top shared holdings
34 shared in total| # | Holding | In TCAF | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORP | 7.12% | 9.09% | 7.12% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 5.95% | 12.32% | 5.95% |
| 3 | NVIDIA CORP | 5.34% | 13.31% | 5.34% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM INC | 6.40% | 4.59% | 4.59% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC CL A | 4.05% | 5.54% | 4.05% |
| 6 | META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS A | 3.93% | 4.15% | 3.93% |
| 7 | BROADCOM INC | 3.08% | 4.40% | 3.08% |
| 8 | ELI LILLY & CO | 1.44% | 2.60% | 1.44% |
| 9 | VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES | 1.43% | 1.65% | 1.43% |
| 10 | MASTERCARD INC - A | 1.43% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 11 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | 2.22% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 12 | KLA CORP | 0.56% | 0.66% | 0.56% |
Only in TCAF
57 total- CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC 3.43%
- NISOURCE INC 3.19%
- KEURIG DR PEPPER INC 2.42%
- PTC INC 2.20%
- CENCORA INC 2.13%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.03%
- BECTON DICKINSON AND CO 2.02%
- J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.67%
- AMEREN CORPORATION 1.51%
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 1.42%
Only in VUG
118 total- Tesla Inc 3.47%
- Costco Wholesale Corp 1.48%
- Netflix Inc 1.36%
- Palantir Technologies Inc 1.07%
- Lam Research Corp 0.90%
- Oracle Corp 0.85%
- GE Vernova Inc 0.80%
- McDonald's Corp 0.75%
- TJX Cos Inc/The 0.60%
- Intuitive Surgical Inc 0.56%
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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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