ETF comparison
USMV vs VTV
Low Volatility Factor vs US Value.
iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF
Holdings overlap
93 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USMV and VTV would leave roughly 31.1% 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
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Cost difference
VTV is 12 bps cheaper than USMV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for USMV.
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 USMV vs VTV.
Top shared holdings
93 shared in total| # | Holding | In USMV | In VTV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.54% | 2.29% | 1.54% |
| 2 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.47% | 2.95% | 1.47% |
| 3 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.46% | 1.56% | 1.46% |
| 4 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 1.35% | 1.19% | 1.19% |
| 5 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 1.28% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 6 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 1.04% | 1.28% | 1.04% |
| 7 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 1.03% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
| 8 | ABBVIE INC. | 0.72% | 1.66% | 0.72% |
| 9 | WALMART INC. | 0.71% | 1.86% | 0.71% |
| 10 | Pepsico, Inc. | 0.86% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 11 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0.64% | 4.87% | 0.64% |
| 12 | LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.63% | 0.90% | 0.63% |
Only in USMV
72 total- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1.62%
- AMPHENOL CORPORATION 1.58%
- WELLTOWER INC. 1.57%
- VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED 1.46%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.39%
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 1.39%
- NVIDIA CORPORATION 1.32%
- MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 1.26%
- WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. 1.25%
- THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 1.11%
Only in VTV
215 total- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.06%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.12%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.83%
- Bank of America Corp 1.36%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.06%
- Intel Corp 1.05%
- Wells Fargo & Co 0.95%
- Morgan Stanley 0.93%
- Citigroup Inc 0.85%
- General Electric Co 0.73%
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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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