ETF comparison
VLUE vs VO
Value Factor vs US Mid Cap.
iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF · Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
87 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VLUE and VO would leave roughly 23.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VO is 12 bps cheaper than VLUE. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for VLUE.
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 VLUE vs VO.
Top shared holdings
87 shared in total| # | Holding | In VLUE | In VO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION | 1.88% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 2 | GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY | 3.15% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 3 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION | 0.70% | 0.80% | 0.70% |
| 4 | TE CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.92% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 5 | PACCAR INC | 0.90% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 6 | NEWMONT CORPORATION | 0.64% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 7 | TARGET CORPORATION | 0.61% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 8 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.59% | 0.70% | 0.59% |
| 9 | UNITED RENTALS, INC. | 0.69% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 10 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 1.50% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 11 | THE KROGER CO. | 0.69% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 12 | DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC. | 0.46% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in VLUE
61 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11.60%
- INTEL CORPORATION 9.26%
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4.96%
- APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.66%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2.66%
- AT&T INC. 2.53%
- CITIGROUP INC. 1.94%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.88%
- QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 1.80%
- MERCK & CO., INC. 1.57%
Only in VO
202 total- Vertiv Holdings Co 1.03%
- Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.01%
- Constellation Energy Corp 0.94%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.93%
- Quanta Services Inc 0.89%
- SLB Ltd 0.84%
- Cummins Inc 0.81%
- Phillips 66 0.80%
- Marathon Petroleum Corp 0.78%
- Motorola Solutions Inc 0.78%
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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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