ETF comparison
GSLC vs VUG
Multi-Factor vs US Large Cap Growth.
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
111 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GSLC and VUG would leave roughly 50.4% 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
VUG 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 VUG.
Top shared holdings
111 shared in total| # | Holding | In GSLC | In VUG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORP | 8.02% | 12.63% | 8.02% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 6.96% | 11.67% | 6.96% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORP | 5.32% | 7.61% | 5.32% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM INC | 3.52% | 4.47% | 3.52% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC | 2.87% | 5.76% | 2.87% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC | 2.32% | 4.28% | 2.32% |
| 7 | META PLATFORMS INC | 1.86% | 3.41% | 1.86% |
| 8 | ALPHABET INC | 1.79% | 4.53% | 1.79% |
| 9 | ELI LILLY & COMPANY | 1.22% | 2.81% | 1.22% |
| 10 | TESLA INC | 1.03% | 3.27% | 1.03% |
| 11 | VISA INC | 0.78% | 1.54% | 0.78% |
| 12 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC | 0.69% | 2.62% | 0.69% |
Only in GSLC
316 total- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.26%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1.24%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 0.89%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.85%
- WALMART INC 0.72%
- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.65%
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.53%
- Goldman Sachs Trust 0.47%
- ABBVIE INC 0.44%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.43%
Only in VUG
35 total- Boeing Co/The 0.48%
- Starbucks Corp 0.34%
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.29%
- Robinhood Markets Inc 0.23%
- TransDigm Group Inc 0.22%
- DoorDash Inc 0.21%
- Carvana Co 0.14%
- Axon Enterprise Inc 0.14%
- Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc 0.14%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.14%
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- VUG vs DFAU · Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF 49.0%
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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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