ETF comparison
USMVvsVTV
Low Volatility Factor vs US Value.
iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF
Holdings overlap
99 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USMV and VTV would leave roughly33.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with USMV vs VTV.
Top shared holdings
99 shared in total| # | Holding | In USMV | In VTV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION | 1.60% | 2.12% | 1.60% |
| 2 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.80% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.43% | 2.29% | 1.43% |
| 4 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 1.41% | 2.95% | 1.41% |
| 5 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 1.17% | 1.19% | 1.17% |
| 6 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 1.10% | 1.28% | 1.10% |
| 7 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 1.19% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 8 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 1.11% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
| 9 | WALMART INC. | 0.87% | 1.86% | 0.87% |
| 10 | Pepsico, Inc. | 1.01% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 11 | LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.69% | 0.90% | 0.69% |
| 12 | ABBVIE INC. | 0.63% | 1.66% | 0.63% |
Only in USMV
71 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION1.63%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION1.56%
- AMPHENOL CORPORATION1.50%
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.1.45%
- VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED1.36%
- WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.1.28%
- MCDONALD'S CORPORATION1.24%
- THE TJX COMPANIES, INC.1.15%
- MASTERCARD INCORPORATED1.15%
- YUM! Brands, Inc.0.98%
Only in VTV
209 total- JPMorgan Chase & Co3.06%
- Caterpillar Inc1.83%
- Bank of America Corp1.36%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The1.06%
- Intel Corp1.05%
- Wells Fargo & Co0.95%
- Morgan Stanley0.93%
- Citigroup Inc0.85%
- General Electric Co0.73%
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.70%
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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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