ETF comparison
Side-by-side comparison for any two funds in the catalog — holdings overlap (weighted by ISIN/CUSIP), expense difference, and sub-score deltas. Pick a pair below, or jump to one of the matchups people most often compare.
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8,763 pre-built pair pages are in the catalog. Pick any two funds and we'll jump straight to the matchup.
Popular comparisons
The matchups Bogleheads ask about mostUS Large Cap vs US Total Market
same fee
US Large Cap
SPLG 1 bps cheaper
US Total Market
same fee
International Total
VXUS 2 bps cheaper
US Large Cap Growth vs US Large Cap
VOO 15 bps cheaper
Dividend
VYM 2 bps cheaper
International Developed
VEA 4 bps cheaper
US Aggregate Bond
same fee
International Emerging
VWO 3 bps cheaper
Near-substitutes & tax-loss-harvesting partners
Same category, ≥80% holdings overlap. Pairs where one fund largely duplicates the other — useful for tax-loss harvesting (sell one, buy the other, keep economic exposure) or for picking the cheaper option among effectively identical funds.
| Pair | Overlap |
|---|---|
| EEM vs IEMG | 86.8% |
| HYG vs HYLB | 83.8% |
| FLIN vs INDA | 87.0% |
| HYG vs USHY | 85.2% |
| EWJ vs FLJP | 83.0% |
| GPIQ vs QQQI | 97.9% |
| GPIX vs SPYI | 92.4% |
| GPIQ vs QYLD | 94.5% |
| GPIX vs XYLD | 90.2% |
| IYR vs SCHH | 87.3% |
| BBJP vs EWJ | 93.0% |
| IYE vs XLE | 88.9% |
| IDU vs XLU | 86.7% |
| IYG vs XLF | 83.6% |
| FUTY vs IDU | 90.8% |
| FENY vs IYE | 90.2% |
| FREL vs IYR | 86.6% |
| IDU vs VPU | 90.2% |
| IYE vs VDE | 88.5% |
| BBAX vs EPP | 90.2% |
Biggest in-category cost gaps
Same category, partial overlap (30–80%), meaningfully different expense ratios. The funds aren't perfect substitutes, but the cost gap is large enough to matter when choosing between them.
| Pair | Overlap |
|---|---|
| AAXJ vs SCHE | 65.0% |
| AAXJ vs VWO | 60.2% |
| EEM vs SCHE | 78.1% |
| EEM vs VWO | 70.7% |
| AAXJ vs SPEM | 52.5% |
| EEM vs SPEM | 64.4% |
| EPI vs FLIN | 66.7% |
| AAXJ vs IEMG | 69.5% |
| FVD vs VYM | 32.1% |
| FBCG vs VUG | 62.2% |
| FBCG vs IUSG | 59.3% |
| FBCG vs SCHG | 56.0% |
Looking for substitutes for a specific fund? Open its catalog page — each fund links to its closest-overlap matches and to same-category alternates ranked by composite score.
Overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) across positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology lives at
/methodology/.