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VBR vs VIG

US Small Cap vs Dividend.

Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
4.5 %

125 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VBR and VIG would leave roughly 4.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VBR unmatched 95.3% Shared 4.5% VIG unmatched 95.1%

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.

In VBR only
715 positions
Shared
125 positions
In VIG only
208 positions

Side by side

VBR

Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF

Vanguard · US Small Cap

95 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$64.12B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
1.83%
Top-10 conc.
5.9%
VIG

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Dividend

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$127.60B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
1.49%
Top-10 conc.
33.4%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
96
87
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
67
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Tracking quality
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VBR sub-score VIG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VIG is 1 bps cheaper than VBR. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 VBR vs VIG.

Top shared holdings

125 shared in total
# Holding In VBR In VIG Overlap
1 Steel Dynamics Inc 0.34% 0.15% 0.15%
2 Atmos Energy Corp 0.62% 0.12% 0.12%
3 Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.59% 0.12% 0.12%
4 Hubbell Inc 0.15% 0.11% 0.11%
5 NiSource Inc 0.24% 0.09% 0.09%
6 Reliance Inc 0.41% 0.09% 0.09%
7 JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 0.47% 0.09% 0.09%
8 CDW Corp/DE 0.38% 0.08% 0.08%
9 Alliant Energy Corp 0.21% 0.08% 0.08%
10 Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc 0.17% 0.08% 0.08%
11 ITT Inc 0.19% 0.08% 0.08%
12 CH Robinson Worldwide Inc 0.45% 0.08% 0.08%

Only in VBR

715 total
  • Jabil Inc 0.87%
  • NRG Energy Inc 0.66%
  • Tapestry Inc 0.63%
  • Moderna Inc 0.54%
  • Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%
  • F5 Inc 0.50%
  • US Foods Holding Corp 0.48%
  • Expand Energy Corp 0.47%
  • Omnicom Group Inc 0.44%
  • TD SYNNEX Corp 0.41%

Only in VIG

208 total
  • Broadcom Inc 4.63%
  • Apple Inc 4.45%
  • Microsoft Corp 4.34%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
  • Eli Lilly & Co 3.93%
  • ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.78%
  • Johnson & Johnson 2.67%
  • Visa Inc 2.45%
  • Walmart Inc 2.11%
  • Mastercard Inc 2.00%

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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/.

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.