ETF comparison
ACWV vs VB
Low Volatility Factor vs US Small Cap.
iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
18 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWV and VB would leave roughly 3.2% 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
VB is 17 bps cheaper than ACWV. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for ACWV.
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 ACWV vs VB.
Top shared holdings
18 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWV | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION | 0.32% | 0.35% | 0.32% |
| 2 | F5, INC. | 0.44% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 3 | UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION | 0.30% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 4 | LIBERTY MEDIA CORP - FORMULA ONE GROUP | 0.37% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 5 | INCYTE CORPORATION | 0.40% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 6 | EXPAND ENERGY CORPORATION | 0.23% | 0.27% | 0.23% |
| 7 | CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. | 0.35% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 8 | CENTENE CORPORATION | 0.18% | 0.19% | 0.18% |
| 9 | NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | 0.17% | 0.21% | 0.17% |
| 10 | GEN DIGITAL INC. | 0.21% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | PTC INC. | 0.28% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.30% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in ACWV
362 total- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.60%
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.37%
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 1.33%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1.30%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.20%
- CENCORA, INC. 1.16%
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 1.13%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.05%
- KDDI CORPORATION 1.04%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 0.99%
Only in VB
1,291 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- Jabil Inc 0.49%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
- Tapestry Inc 0.36%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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