ETF comparison
VBR vs VUG
US Small Cap vs US Large Cap Growth.
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VBR and VUG would leave roughly 0.2% 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
VUG 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 VUG.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In VBR | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flex Ltd | 0.32% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 2 | EQT Corp | 0.18% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 3 | Lululemon Athletica Inc | 0.13% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 4 | Venture Global Inc | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in VBR
836 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 VUG
142 total- NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
- Apple Inc 11.67%
- Microsoft Corp 7.61%
- Alphabet Inc 5.76%
- Alphabet Inc 4.53%
- Amazon.com Inc 4.47%
- Broadcom Inc 4.28%
- Meta Platforms Inc 3.41%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Eli Lilly & Co 2.81%
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- VUG vs RPV · Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF 0.1%
- VUG vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 0.1%
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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.