ETF comparison
VUGvsXLG
US Large Cap Growth vs US Large Cap.
Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF · Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VUG and XLG would leave roughly68.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VUG is 17 bps cheaper than XLG. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for XLG.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with VUG vs XLG.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In VUG | In XLG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 12.63% | 13.04% | 12.63% |
| 2 | Apple Inc | 11.67% | 10.71% | 10.71% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp | 7.61% | 8.14% | 7.61% |
| 4 | Alphabet Inc | 5.76% | 6.03% | 5.76% |
| 5 | Alphabet Inc | 4.53% | 4.80% | 4.53% |
| 6 | Amazon.com Inc | 4.47% | 6.96% | 4.47% |
| 7 | Broadcom Inc | 4.28% | 4.83% | 4.28% |
| 8 | Meta Platforms Inc | 3.41% | 3.60% | 3.41% |
| 9 | Tesla Inc | 3.27% | 2.89% | 2.89% |
| 10 | Eli Lilly & Co | 2.81% | 1.99% | 1.99% |
| 11 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 2.62% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 12 | Visa Inc | 1.54% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
Only in VUG
122 total- Applied Materials Inc1.60%
- Lam Research Corp1.51%
- KLA Corp1.10%
- Sandisk Corp0.94%
- GE Vernova Inc0.89%
- Intel Corp0.79%
- Palo Alto Networks Inc0.78%
- Marvell Technology Inc0.75%
- Western Digital Corp0.62%
- Amphenol Corp0.61%
Only in XLG
28 total- Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2.34%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.2.27%
- Exxon Mobil Corp.1.73%
- Walmart Inc.1.56%
- Johnson & Johnson1.49%
- Caterpillar Inc.1.11%
- AbbVie Inc.1.00%
- Chevron Corp.0.97%
- Cisco Systems, Inc.0.97%
- Bank of America Corp.0.95%
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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.