ETF comparison

VLUE vs VO

Value Factor vs US Mid Cap.

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF · Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
23.4 %

87 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VLUE and VO would leave roughly 23.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VLUE only 76.3% Shared 23.4% VO only 76.2%
In VLUE only
61 positions
Shared
87 positions
In VO only
202 positions

Side by side

VLUE

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

iShares · Value Factor

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$10.58B
TTM yield
1.46%
Top-10 conc.
43.5%
VO

Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Mid Cap

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$223.97B
TTM yield
1.33%
Top-10 conc.
9.0%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
97
85
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
52
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
VLUE sub-score VO

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

Cost difference

VO is 12 bps cheaper than VLUE. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for VLUE.

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 VLUE vs VO.

Top shared holdings

87 shared in total
# Holding In VLUE In VO Overlap
1 WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 1.88% 1.00% 1.00%
2 GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 3.15% 0.73% 0.73%
3 VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION 0.70% 0.80% 0.70%
4 TE CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.92% 0.67% 0.67%
5 PACCAR INC 0.90% 0.66% 0.66%
6 NEWMONT CORPORATION 0.64% 0.64% 0.64%
7 TARGET CORPORATION 0.61% 0.60% 0.60%
8 L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0.59% 0.70% 0.59%
9 UNITED RENTALS, INC. 0.69% 0.50% 0.50%
10 FORD MOTOR COMPANY 1.50% 0.49% 0.49%
11 THE KROGER CO. 0.69% 0.45% 0.45%
12 DIAMONDBACK ENERGY, INC. 0.46% 0.43% 0.43%

Only in VLUE

61 total
  • MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11.60%
  • INTEL CORPORATION 9.26%
  • CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4.96%
  • APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.66%
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2.66%
  • AT&T INC. 2.53%
  • CITIGROUP INC. 1.94%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.88%
  • QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 1.80%
  • MERCK & CO., INC. 1.57%

Only in VO

202 total
  • Vertiv Holdings Co 1.03%
  • Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.01%
  • Constellation Energy Corp 0.94%
  • Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.93%
  • Quanta Services Inc 0.89%
  • SLB Ltd 0.84%
  • Cummins Inc 0.81%
  • Phillips 66 0.80%
  • Marathon Petroleum Corp 0.78%
  • Motorola Solutions Inc 0.78%

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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.