ETF comparison
VB vs VBR
Both US Small Cap.
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF
Holdings overlap
840 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VB and VBR would leave roughly 59.0% 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
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
840 shared in total| # | Holding | In VB | In VBR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jabil Inc | 0.49% | 0.87% | 0.49% |
| 2 | EMCOR Group Inc | 0.45% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 3 | NRG Energy Inc | 0.37% | 0.66% | 0.37% |
| 4 | Tapestry Inc | 0.36% | 0.63% | 0.36% |
| 5 | Atmos Energy Corp | 0.35% | 0.62% | 0.35% |
| 6 | Williams-Sonoma Inc | 0.33% | 0.59% | 0.33% |
| 7 | MKS Instruments Inc | 0.37% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 8 | Flex Ltd | 0.36% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 9 | Moderna Inc | 0.30% | 0.54% | 0.30% |
| 10 | Smurfit Westrock PLC | 0.29% | 0.52% | 0.29% |
| 11 | F5 Inc | 0.29% | 0.50% | 0.29% |
| 12 | US Foods Holding Corp | 0.27% | 0.48% | 0.27% |
Only in VB
469 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.36%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 0.35%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.34%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.34%
- Entegris Inc 0.33%
Only in VBR
0 totalEvery VBR position is also held by VB.
Related comparisons
More comparisons with VB
- VB vs SCHM · Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF 57.2%
- VB vs BBMC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF 56.3%
- VB vs DFAS · U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 51.3%
- VB vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 49.8%
- VB vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 46.3%
- VB vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 46.0%
More comparisons with VBR
- VBR vs DFAS · U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 49.5%
- VBR vs DFAT · U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio-ETF Class Shares 43.2%
- VBR vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 41.3%
- VBR vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 40.0%
- VBR vs DFSV · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares 30.2%
- VBR vs FNDA · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF 29.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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