ETF comparison
VB vs VBR
Both US Small Cap.
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
838 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VB and VBR would leave roughly 60.0% 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 VBR. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VBR.
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 VBR.
Top shared holdings
838 shared in total| # | Holding | In VB | In VBR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NRG Energy Inc | 0.43% | 0.75% | 0.43% |
| 2 | Atmos Energy Corp | 0.43% | 0.74% | 0.43% |
| 3 | Tapestry Inc | 0.40% | 0.69% | 0.40% |
| 4 | EMCOR Group Inc | 0.46% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 5 | Jabil Inc | 0.37% | 0.65% | 0.37% |
| 6 | United Therapeutics Corp | 0.36% | 0.63% | 0.36% |
| 7 | Flex Ltd | 0.34% | 0.58% | 0.34% |
| 8 | Omnicom Group Inc | 0.33% | 0.57% | 0.33% |
| 9 | Expand Energy Corp | 0.37% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 10 | Williams-Sonoma Inc | 0.30% | 0.53% | 0.30% |
| 11 | Smurfit Westrock PLC | 0.29% | 0.50% | 0.29% |
| 12 | US Foods Holding Corp | 0.28% | 0.49% | 0.28% |
Only in VB
473 total- TechnipFMC PLC 0.39%
- Ciena Corp 0.38%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.38%
- Natera Inc 0.37%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.35%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.35%
- Lumentum Holdings Inc 0.35%
- Comfort Systems USA Inc 0.34%
- Coherent Corp 0.31%
- Royal Gold Inc 0.30%
Only in VBR
0 totalEvery VBR position is also held by VB.
Open VB or VBR at a brokerage
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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.