ETF comparison
GSLC vs VB
Multi-Factor vs US Small Cap.
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
77 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GSLC and VB would leave roughly 7.4% 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 6 bps cheaper than GSLC. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/yr more in fees for GSLC.
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 GSLC vs VB.
Top shared holdings
77 shared in total| # | Holding | In GSLC | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATERA INC | 0.37% | 0.45% | 0.37% |
| 2 | EVERPURE INC | 0.27% | 0.30% | 0.27% |
| 3 | WILLIAMS SONOMA INC | 0.25% | 0.33% | 0.25% |
| 4 | TAPESTRY INC | 0.24% | 0.36% | 0.24% |
| 5 | INCYTE CORP | 0.27% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 6 | US FOODS HOLDING CORP | 0.21% | 0.27% | 0.21% |
| 7 | CENTENE CORP | 0.20% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 8 | OMNICOM GROUP INC | 0.19% | 0.25% | 0.19% |
| 9 | RALPH LAUREN CORP | 0.19% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | JABIL INC | 0.17% | 0.49% | 0.17% |
| 11 | EXPAND ENERGY CORP | 0.15% | 0.27% | 0.15% |
| 12 | CDW CORP | 0.15% | 0.22% | 0.15% |
Only in GSLC
350 total- NVIDIA CORP 8.02%
- APPLE INC 6.96%
- MICROSOFT CORP 5.32%
- AMAZON.COM INC 3.52%
- ALPHABET INC 2.87%
- BROADCOM INC 2.32%
- META PLATFORMS INC 1.86%
- ALPHABET INC 1.79%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.26%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.24%
Only in VB
1,232 total- Flex Ltd 0.36%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.34%
- Sterling Infrastructure Inc 0.30%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.29%
- SoFi Technologies Inc 0.28%
- Okta Inc 0.28%
- RB Global Inc 0.26%
- Affirm Holdings Inc 0.26%
- Lattice Semiconductor Corp 0.25%
- RBC Bearings Inc 0.25%
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More comparisons with GSLC
- GSLC vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 6.7%
- GSLC vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 3.9%
- GSLC vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 2.0%
- GSLC vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 0.0%
- GSLC vs INTF · iShares International Equity Factor ETF 0.0%
- GSLC vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with VB
- VB vs OMFL · Invesco Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF 7.2%
- VB vs DGRO · iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF 7.2%
- VB vs SCHX · Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF 6.7%
- VB vs VLUE · iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF 6.7%
- VB vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 6.0%
- VB vs IVE · iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 5.9%
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/.
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.