ETF comparison
VBK vs VTWO
Both US Small Cap.
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
310 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VBK and VTWO would leave roughly 32.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VBK is 1 bps cheaper than VTWO. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VTWO.
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 VBK vs VTWO.
Top shared holdings
310 shared in total| # | Holding | In VBK | In VTWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabrinet | 0.62% | 0.64% | 0.62% |
| 2 | Bloom Energy Corp | 0.60% | 1.11% | 0.60% |
| 3 | Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd | 0.51% | 0.56% | 0.51% |
| 4 | Nextpower Inc | 0.57% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 5 | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc | 0.43% | 0.47% | 0.43% |
| 6 | Advanced Energy Industries Inc | 0.41% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 7 | Hecla Mining Co | 0.40% | 0.52% | 0.40% |
| 8 | Sterling Infrastructure Inc | 0.40% | 0.42% | 0.40% |
| 9 | Ensign Group Inc/The | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 10 | Modine Manufacturing Co | 0.38% | 0.39% | 0.38% |
| 11 | Guardant Health Inc | 0.38% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 12 | Coeur Mining Inc | 0.36% | 0.57% | 0.36% |
Only in VBK
239 total- TechnipFMC PLC 0.92%
- Ciena Corp 0.92%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.90%
- Natera Inc 0.88%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.84%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.84%
- Lumentum Holdings Inc 0.84%
- Comfort Systems USA Inc 0.81%
- Coherent Corp 0.74%
- Royal Gold Inc 0.72%
Only in VTWO
1,650 total- Moog Inc 0.31%
- Watts Water Technologies Inc 0.29%
- Fluor Corp 0.28%
- UMB Financial Corp 0.27%
- Praxis Precision Medicines Inc 0.27%
- Commercial Metals Co 0.27%
- Primoris Services Corp 0.27%
- Sanmina Corp 0.26%
- Old National Bancorp/IN 0.26%
- Terex Corp 0.25%
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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.