Which returned more over the last year, IVV or MGC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and MGC +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or MGC?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IVV and MGC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 99% of MGC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IVV vs MGC: Differences, Returns & Fees

IVV and MGC hold 83% of their weight in the same names, and MGC returned +18.0% over the year. Net assets: $896.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and $10.3bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap ETF.

IVV costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; IVV is far larger, $881.3bn against $10.3bn.

IVV vs MGC: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IVV	MGC
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$881.3bn	$10.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.3%	+18.0%
What it tracks	S&P 500	CRSP US Mega Cap Index
Holdings in common	83%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.0%	45.4%

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

+17.3%

IVV total return, 1 year

+18.0%

MGC total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.05%

MGC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and MGC hold 83% 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.

50%

half

83% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IVV MGC

NVIDIA 8.23% 9.33%

APPLE 7.29% 8.55%

MICROSOFT 5.89% 6.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.82% 4.62%

ALPHABET CLASS A 3.06% 3.66%

BROADCOM INC 2.55% 3.22%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.45% 2.88%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.35% 2.31%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72% 1.99%

TESLA INC 1.60% 1.91%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.42% 1.61%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.47% 1.41%

Only in IVV

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.19%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.19%

PHILLIPS 66 0.16%

QUANTA SERVICES INC 0.16%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 0.15%

DATADOG INC CLASS A 0.15%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.14%

LUMENTUM HOLDINGS 0.14%

Only in MGC

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.16%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.11%

MKTLIQ 0.10%

Snowflake Inc 0.10%

SLBBH1142 0.00%

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On the same fields

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

MGC

Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.3% +18.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (SPY) not published

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY not available

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 99.3%

Holdings 505 174

Net assets, IVV as of Oct 9, 2026 and MGC as of Sep 30, 2026 $896.4bn $10.3bn

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

About IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

About MGC

MGC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 174 positions, with the top ten at 45.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or MGC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.3% and MGC +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or MGC?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and MGC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 99% of MGC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVV ↗MGC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MGC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for MGC ↗

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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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