ETF comparison
VB vs VBK
Both US Small Cap.
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
548 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VB and VBK would leave roughly 44.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VB is 2 bps cheaper than VBK. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VBK.
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 VB vs VBK.
Top shared holdings
548 shared in total| # | Holding | In VB | In VBK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EMCOR Group Inc | 0.46% | 0.55% | 0.46% |
| 2 | TechnipFMC PLC | 0.39% | 0.92% | 0.39% |
| 3 | Ciena Corp | 0.38% | 0.92% | 0.38% |
| 4 | Casey's General Stores Inc | 0.38% | 0.90% | 0.38% |
| 5 | Natera Inc | 0.37% | 0.88% | 0.37% |
| 6 | Expand Energy Corp | 0.37% | 0.44% | 0.37% |
| 7 | FTAI Aviation Ltd | 0.35% | 0.84% | 0.35% |
| 8 | Curtiss-Wright Corp | 0.35% | 0.84% | 0.35% |
| 9 | Lumentum Holdings Inc | 0.35% | 0.84% | 0.35% |
| 10 | Comfort Systems USA Inc | 0.34% | 0.81% | 0.34% |
| 11 | Coherent Corp | 0.31% | 0.74% | 0.31% |
| 12 | XPO Inc | 0.30% | 0.36% | 0.30% |
Only in VB
763 total- NRG Energy Inc 0.43%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.43%
- Tapestry Inc 0.40%
- Jabil Inc 0.37%
- United Therapeutics Corp 0.36%
- Flex Ltd 0.34%
- Omnicom Group Inc 0.33%
- Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.30%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.29%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.28%
Only in VBK
1 total- Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF 0.00%
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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.