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LCTU vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

LCTU and VIG hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and LCTU returned +15.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware Active ETF, and $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

VIG costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points; VIG is far larger, $109.1bn against $1.2bn.

LCTU vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees
LCTUVIG
Expense ratio0.15%0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$1.2bn$109.1bn
Total return, 1 year+15.3%+12.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Holdings in common36%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund35.2%33.5%

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

+15.3%
LCTU total return, 1 year
+12.0%
VIG total return, 1 year
0.15%
LCTU expense ratio
0.04%
VIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, LCTU and VIG hold 36% 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.

half

36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding LCTU VIG
MICROSOFT 5.12% 4.67%
APPLE 7.14% 4.50%
BROADCOM INC 2.05% 4.34%
ELI LILLY 1.33% 3.90%
BANK OF AMERICA 1.31% 1.72%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.98% 4.07%
MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.92% 2.03%
WALMART 0.86% 1.96%
PEPSICO 0.86% 0.82%
GILEAD SCIENCES 0.74% 0.78%
HOME DEPOT 0.69% 1.39%
CATERPILLAR INC 0.68% 1.57%
Only in LCTU
NVIDIA 7.91%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.18%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.48%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.30%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.90%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.60%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.55%
TESLA INC 1.49%
Only in VIG
Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.44%
Texas Instruments Inc 1.01%
Linde PLC 0.96%
Amphenol Corp 0.83%
McDonald's Corp 0.80%
Union Pacific Corp 0.76%
Blackrock Inc 0.71%
Danaher Corp 0.57%

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On the same fields

LCTU
iShares U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness Aware 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 +15.3% +12.0%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.6% (IWB) not published
Gap to its benchmark −1.4 pts vs IWB not available
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 93.4% 92.6%
Holdings 322 335
Net assets, LCTU as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.2bn $109.1bn

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

About LCTU

LCTU is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 322 positions, with the top ten at 35.2%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +15.3% 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, LCTU or VIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, LCTU returned +15.3% and VIG +12.0%.
Which is cheaper, LCTU or VIG?
VIG is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do LCTU and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 93% of LCTU and 93% of VIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
LCTU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LCTU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for LCTU ↗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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