ETF comparison
VLUE vs VO
Value Factor vs US Mid Cap.
iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
89 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VLUE and VO would leave roughly 24.0% 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 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
89 shared in total| # | Holding | In VLUE | In VO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED RENTALS, INC. | 0.82% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 2 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION | 0.68% | 0.75% | 0.68% |
| 3 | GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY | 3.99% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 4 | PACCAR INC | 1.05% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 5 | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY | 1.57% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 6 | TARGET CORPORATION | 0.80% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 7 | TE CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.69% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 8 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 2.14% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 9 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.54% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 10 | NEWMONT CORPORATION | 0.56% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 11 | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. | 0.47% | 0.67% | 0.47% |
| 12 | DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION | 0.75% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
Only in VLUE
62 total- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 18.98%
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4.65%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2.97%
- AT&T INC. 2.55%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 2.21%
- COMCAST CORPORATION 1.78%
- CITIGROUP INC. 1.62%
- PFIZER INC. 1.60%
- CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 1.54%
- THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY 1.53%
Only in VO
193 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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/methodology/.
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