ETF comparison
SPLV vs VB
Low Volatility Factor vs US Small Cap.
Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPLV and VB would leave roughly 3.2% 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 22 bps cheaper than SPLV. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for SPLV.
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 SPLV vs VB.
Top shared holdings
17 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPLV | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atmos Energy Corp. | 1.24% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 2 | Evergy, Inc. | 1.24% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 3 | Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 1.02% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 4 | Invitation Homes Inc. | 0.94% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 5 | Kimco Realty Corp. | 1.07% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 6 | IDEX Corp. | 0.83% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 7 | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 1.01% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 8 | Nordson Corp. | 0.99% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 9 | Regency Centers Corp. | 1.25% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 10 | Globe Life Inc. | 1.00% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 11 | Assurant, Inc. | 0.85% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | UDR, Inc. | 0.97% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
Only in SPLV
84 total- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 1.36%
- WEC Energy Group Inc. 1.26%
- Duke Energy Corp. 1.26%
- FirstEnergy Corp. 1.25%
- Realty Income Corp. 1.20%
- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 1.20%
- Loews Corp. 1.19%
- DTE Energy Co. 1.17%
- Consolidated Edison, Inc. 1.16%
- CMS Energy Corp. 1.16%
Only in VB
1,292 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- Jabil Inc 0.49%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
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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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