ETF comparison
CGDV vs IWF
Dividend vs US Large Cap Growth.
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF · iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CGDV and IWF would leave roughly 31.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
IWF is 15 bps cheaper than CGDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for CGDV.
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 CGDV vs IWF.
Top shared holdings
23 shared in total| # | Holding | In CGDV | In IWF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corp | 5.37% | 8.82% | 5.37% |
| 2 | NVIDIA Corp | 5.04% | 12.92% | 5.04% |
| 3 | Broadcom Inc | 4.30% | 4.79% | 4.30% |
| 4 | Meta Platforms Inc | 2.96% | 3.46% | 2.96% |
| 5 | Eli Lilly & Co | 3.33% | 2.66% | 2.66% |
| 6 | Apple Inc | 2.19% | 11.64% | 2.19% |
| 7 | Amazon.com Inc | 1.50% | 4.66% | 1.50% |
| 8 | Mastercard Inc | 1.45% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 9 | AbbVie Inc | 1.55% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 10 | Alphabet Inc | 1.15% | 3.54% | 1.15% |
| 11 | General Electric Co | 3.42% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 12 | Oracle Corp | 0.84% | 0.89% | 0.84% |
Only in CGDV
30 total- RTX Corp 4.43%
- Carrier Global Corp 3.61%
- British American Tobacco PLC 3.40%
- Philip Morris International Inc 2.42%
- Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.37%
- Halliburton Co 2.20%
- Medtronic PLC 2.19%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.10%
- International Paper Co 2.09%
- Linde PLC 2.03%
Only in IWF
364 total- TESLA, INC. 3.55%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.87%
- VISA INC. 1.84%
- COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.60%
- NETFLIX, INC. 1.47%
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1.15%
- LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0.97%
- THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 0.90%
- GE VERNOVA INC. 0.85%
- KLA CORPORATION 0.70%
Open CGDV or IWF at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.