ETF comparison
VBK vs VTWO
Both US Small Cap.
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
278 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VBK and VTWO would leave roughly 23.9% 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
VBK is 1 bps cheaper than VTWO. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VTWO.
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 VBK vs VTWO.
Top shared holdings
278 shared in total| # | Holding | In VBK | In VTWO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrightSpring Health Services Inc | 0.32% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 2 | Cytokinetics Inc | 0.32% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 3 | Krystal Biotech Inc | 0.29% | 0.30% | 0.29% |
| 4 | CareTrust REIT Inc | 0.27% | 0.28% | 0.27% |
| 5 | JFrog Ltd | 0.26% | 0.35% | 0.26% |
| 6 | Hut 8 Corp | 0.33% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 7 | Alkermes PLC | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 8 | StoneX Group Inc | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 9 | Vaxcyte Inc | 0.24% | 0.26% | 0.24% |
| 10 | ESCO Technologies Inc | 0.25% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 11 | Protagonist Therapeutics Inc | 0.22% | 0.29% | 0.22% |
| 12 | Glaukos Corp | 0.22% | 0.33% | 0.22% |
Only in VBK
265 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.27%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 1.06%
- Astera Labs Inc 1.05%
- Natera Inc 1.04%
- Twilio Inc 0.88%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.83%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 0.82%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.79%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.78%
- nVent Electric PLC 0.77%
Only in VTWO
1,713 total- Moog Inc 0.34%
- UMB Financial Corp 0.33%
- SM Energy Co 0.29%
- Old National Bancorp/IN 0.29%
- FirstCash Holdings Inc 0.28%
- Jackson Financial Inc 0.28%
- Praxis Precision Medicines Inc 0.28%
- Viasat Inc 0.27%
- SSR Mining Inc 0.27%
- Fluor Corp 0.25%
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- VBK vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 16.4%
- VBK vs VIOO · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Index Fund ETF Shares 16.3%
- VBK vs VIOG · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 14.6%
- VBK vs IJT · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF 14.6%
More comparisons with VTWO
- VTWO vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 11.0%
- VTWO vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 8.1%
- VTWO vs ITOT · iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF 4.2%
- VTWO vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 4.1%
- VTWO vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 3.8%
- VTWO vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 2.6%
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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