ETF comparison
VLUE vs VTV
Value Factor vs US Value.
iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF · Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
112 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VLUE and VTV would leave roughly 27.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VTV 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 VTV.
Top shared holdings
112 shared in total| # | Holding | In VLUE | In VTV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 11.60% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 2 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 1.88% | 1.23% | 1.23% |
| 3 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 1.57% | 1.22% | 1.22% |
| 4 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 4.96% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 5 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 1.11% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 6 | AT&T INC. | 2.53% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 7 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 2.66% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 8 | CITIGROUP INC. | 1.94% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 9 | INTEL CORPORATION | 9.26% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 10 | THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY | 1.09% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 11 | PFIZER INC. | 1.49% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 12 | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 1.80% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
Only in VLUE
36 total- NXP Semiconductors N.V. 1.00%
- JABIL INC. 0.56%
- Bunge Global SA 0.52%
- EXPEDIA GROUP, INC. 0.51%
- FIRST SOLAR, INC. 0.47%
- TWILIO INC. 0.35%
- F5, INC. 0.32%
- APTIV PLC 0.31%
- TEXTRON INC. 0.30%
- FLEX LTD. 0.25%
Only in VTV
199 total- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 3.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.03%
- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.90%
- Johnson & Johnson 2.41%
- Walmart Inc 2.23%
- Chevron Corp 1.61%
- AbbVie Inc 1.58%
- Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.38%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.35%
- Home Depot Inc/The 1.34%
Open VLUE or VTV at a brokerage
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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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