ETF comparison
AVLV vs VUG
US Value vs US Large Cap Growth.
Avantis US Large Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVLV and VUG would leave roughly 18.1% 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
VUG is 12 bps cheaper than AVLV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for AVLV.
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 AVLV vs VUG.
Top shared holdings
30 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVLV | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corp | 3.29% | 7.61% | 3.29% |
| 2 | Amazon.com Inc | 2.91% | 4.47% | 2.91% |
| 3 | Meta Platforms Inc | 2.66% | 3.41% | 2.66% |
| 4 | Apple Inc | 2.58% | 11.67% | 2.58% |
| 5 | Eli Lilly & Co | 2.01% | 2.81% | 2.01% |
| 6 | Costco Wholesale Corp | 2.31% | 1.15% | 1.15% |
| 7 | Netflix Inc | 0.81% | 0.84% | 0.81% |
| 8 | TJX Cos Inc/The | 1.22% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
| 9 | DoorDash Inc | 0.48% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | WW Grainger Inc | 0.72% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 11 | Comfort Systems USA Inc | 0.18% | 0.21% | 0.18% |
| 12 | Targa Resources Corp | 0.80% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in AVLV
268 total- Micron Technology Inc 2.99%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.59%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.36%
- Verizon Communications Inc 1.69%
- Caterpillar Inc 1.66%
- Union Pacific Corp 1.64%
- Morgan Stanley 1.52%
- Wells Fargo & Co 1.33%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.28%
- ConocoPhillips 1.18%
Only in VUG
116 total- NVIDIA Corp 12.63%
- Alphabet Inc 5.76%
- Alphabet Inc 4.53%
- Broadcom Inc 4.28%
- Tesla Inc 3.27%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.62%
- Mastercard Inc 1.13%
- KLA Corp 1.10%
- GE Vernova Inc 0.89%
- Intel Corp 0.79%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with AVLV
- AVLV vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 15.1%
- AVLV vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 12.3%
- AVLV vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 11.3%
- AVLV vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 2.3%
- AVLV vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 1.8%
- AVLV vs DFLV · Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF 40.0%
More comparisons with VUG
- VUG vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 17.0%
- VUG vs MOAT · VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF 14.2%
- VUG vs SCHV · Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF 13.1%
- VUG vs VOT · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF 11.9%
- VUG vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 11.9%
- VUG vs ACWV · iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF 11.4%
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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