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BLCR vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

BLCR and VIG hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and BLCR returned +26.3% over the year. Net assets: $9.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Large Cap Core Active ETF, and $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

VIG costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.3 points; VIG is 11.8 times larger.

BLCR vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees
BLCRVIG
Expense ratio0.36%0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$9.2bn$109.1bn
Total return, 1 year+26.3%+12.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Holdings in common19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund48.6%33.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+26.3%
BLCR total return, 1 year
+12.0%
VIG total return, 1 year
0.36%
BLCR expense ratio
0.04%
VIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BLCR and VIG hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BLCR VIG
MICROSOFT 6.61% 4.67%
APPLE 4.53% 4.50%
VISA CLASS A 4.43% 2.50%
BROADCOM INC 1.35% 4.34%
ELI LILLY 0.76% 3.90%
GILEAD SCIENCES 0.66% 0.78%
COCA-COLA 0.61% 1.46%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.52% 2.73%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 0.51% 1.51%
MERCK & CO INC 0.47% 1.56%
WALMART 0.38% 1.96%
ELEVANCE HEALTH INC 0.55% 0.35%
Only in BLCR
NVIDIA 7.12%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.90%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.06%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 5.05%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.31%
ATI 3.01%
WESCO INTERNATIONAL 2.91%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.44%
Only in VIG
JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
Mastercard Inc 2.03%
AbbVie Inc 1.93%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%
Costco Wholesale Corp 1.78%
Bank of America Corp 1.72%
Caterpillar Inc 1.57%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.44%

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On the same fields

BLCR
iShares Large Cap Core Active ETF
VIG
Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Dividend growth
Total return, 1 year +26.3% +12.0%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.6% (IWB) not published
Gap to its benchmark +9.6 pts vs IWB not available
Expense ratio 0.36% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 85.6% 92.6%
Holdings 52 335
Net assets, BLCR as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $9.8bn $109.1bn

BLCR and VIG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About BLCR

BLCR is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 48.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

About VIG

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 335 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BLCR or VIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BLCR returned +26.3% and VIG +12.0%.
Which is cheaper, BLCR or VIG?
VIG is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BLCR and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of BLCR and 93% of VIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
BLCR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BLCR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for BLCR ↗VIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIG ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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