ETF comparison
VBR vs VO
US Small Cap vs US Mid Cap.
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VBR and VO would leave roughly 2.4% 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
VO 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 VBR vs VO.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In VBR | In VO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flex Ltd | 0.32% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 2 | Qnity Electronics Inc | 0.37% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 3 | EQT Corp | 0.18% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 4 | Centene Corp | 0.34% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 5 | Steel Dynamics Inc | 0.34% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 6 | Hubbell Inc | 0.15% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 7 | NiSource Inc | 0.24% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 8 | International Paper Co | 0.22% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 9 | Dow Inc | 0.21% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | Alliant Energy Corp | 0.21% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc | 0.21% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 12 | Fortive Corp | 0.20% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in VBR
816 total- Jabil Inc 0.87%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.66%
- Tapestry Inc 0.63%
- Atmos Energy Corp 0.62%
- Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.59%
- Moderna Inc 0.54%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%
- F5 Inc 0.50%
- US Foods Holding Corp 0.48%
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 0.47%
Only in VO
258 total- Vertiv Holdings Co 1.22%
- Western Digital Corp 1.06%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%
- Quanta Services Inc 1.04%
- Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.04%
- Cummins Inc 0.95%
- Datadog Inc 0.83%
- Bloom Energy Corp 0.79%
- Constellation Energy Corp 0.78%
- Robinhood Markets Inc 0.77%
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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/.
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