ETF comparison
GSLC vs VO
Multi-Factor vs US Mid Cap.
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
219 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GSLC and VO would leave roughly 26.7% 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
VO 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 VO.
Top shared holdings
219 shared in total| # | Holding | In GSLC | In VO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | 0.41% | 1.06% | 0.41% |
| 2 | W.W. GRAINGER INC | 0.39% | 0.59% | 0.39% |
| 3 | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC | 0.39% | 1.05% | 0.39% |
| 4 | STATE STREET CORP | 0.37% | 0.43% | 0.37% |
| 5 | FORTINET INC | 0.34% | 0.46% | 0.34% |
| 6 | FASTENAL COMPANY | 0.32% | 0.53% | 0.32% |
| 7 | VALERO ENERGY CORP | 0.32% | 0.75% | 0.32% |
| 8 | WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC | 0.31% | 0.61% | 0.31% |
| 9 | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY | 0.29% | 0.58% | 0.29% |
| 10 | IDEXX LABORATORIES INC | 0.29% | 0.40% | 0.29% |
| 11 | CINTAS CORP | 0.27% | 0.28% | 0.27% |
| 12 | AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | 0.27% | 0.40% | 0.27% |
Only in GSLC
208 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 VO
63 total- Robinhood Markets Inc 0.77%
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 0.74%
- TransDigm Group Inc 0.72%
- United Rentals Inc 0.69%
- DoorDash Inc 0.66%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc 0.61%
- Arthur J Gallagher & Co 0.57%
- Electronic Arts Inc 0.50%
- Public Storage 0.49%
- Carvana Co 0.43%
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More comparisons with GSLC
- GSLC vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 7.4%
- 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%
More comparisons with VO
- VO vs SCHV · Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF 26.2%
- VO vs IUSV · iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF 25.8%
- VO vs DFUV · Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 24.5%
- VO vs IWP · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF 24.4%
- VO vs VLUE · iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF 24.0%
- VO vs FNDX · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF 23.3%
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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