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ETF comparison

IWM vs VIOG

Both US Small Cap.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
31.4 %

316 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IWM and VIOG would leave roughly 31.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IWM unmatched 68.4% Shared 31.4% VIOG unmatched 68.3%

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.

In IWM only
1,698 positions
Shared
316 positions
In VIOG only
35 positions

Side by side

IWM

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

iShares · US Small Cap

90 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.19%
Net assets
$75.49B
TTM yield
0.97%
Top-10 conc.
3.4%
VIOG

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Small Cap

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$1.05B
TTM yield
0.76%
Top-10 conc.
9.8%

Sub-score comparison

81
Cost
90
89
Tax efficiency
89
100
Liquidity
57
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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IWM sub-score VIOG

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VIOG is 9 bps cheaper than IWM. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for IWM.

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 IWM vs VIOG.

Top shared holdings

316 shared in total
# Holding In IWM In VIOG Overlap
1 Viasat, Inc. 0.35% 1.05% 0.35%
2 Argan, Inc. 0.34% 0.68% 0.34%
3 ESCO Technologies, Inc. 0.29% 0.82% 0.29%
4 Alkermes plc 0.27% 0.90% 0.27%
5 StoneX Group, Inc. 0.27% 0.83% 0.27%
6 Plexus Corp. 0.25% 0.32% 0.25%
7 Enpro, Inc. 0.25% 0.72% 0.25%
8 MaxLinear, Inc. 0.34% 0.25% 0.25%
9 Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. 0.25% 1.00% 0.25%
10 Glaukos Corp. 0.25% 0.84% 0.25%
11 TG Therapeutics, Inc. 0.25% 0.82% 0.25%
12 Federal Signal Corp. 0.24% 0.82% 0.24%

Only in IWM

1,698 total
  • Moog, Inc. 0.38%
  • Hut 8 Corp. 0.37%
  • BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. 0.35%
  • Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.35%
  • UMB Financial Corp. 0.33%
  • JFrog Ltd. 0.31%
  • Riot Platforms, Inc. 0.30%
  • Krystal Biotech, Inc. 0.30%
  • CareTrust REIT, Inc. 0.28%
  • Old National Bancorp 0.28%

Only in VIOG

35 total
  • Corcept Therapeutics Inc 1.25%
  • FormFactor Inc 0.90%
  • Etsy Inc 0.89%
  • Armstrong World Industries Inc 0.85%
  • Madison Square Garden Sports Corp 0.80%
  • Lyft Inc 0.74%
  • Everus Construction Group Inc 0.68%
  • Virtu Financial Inc 0.62%
  • Powell Industries Inc 0.59%
  • Qorvo Inc 0.56%

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.