Which returned more over the last year, USXF or VIG?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USXF returned +20.0% and VIG +12.0%.

Which is cheaper, USXF or VIG?

VIG is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do USXF and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 96% of USXF and 93% of VIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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USXF vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

USXF and VIG hold 33% of their weight in the same names, and USXF returned +20.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF, and $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

VIG costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.0 points; VIG is far larger, $109.1bn against $1.5bn.

	USXF	VIG
Expense ratio	0.10%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.5bn	$109.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.0%	+12.0%
What it tracks	MSCI USA Choice ESG Screened Index	S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Holdings in common	33%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.0%	33.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+20.0%

USXF total return, 1 year

+12.0%

VIG total return, 1 year

0.10%

USXF expense ratio

0.04%

VIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USXF and VIG hold 33% 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 8, 2026.

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33% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding USXF VIG

BROADCOM INC 6.37% 4.34%

VISA CLASS A 2.44% 2.50%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 1.82% 2.03%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.77% 1.86%

LAM RESEARCH 1.57% 1.61%

HOME DEPOT 1.15% 1.39%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 1.03% 1.01%

KLA 1.01% 0.98%

ORACLE 0.92% 1.08%

LINDE PLC 0.87% 0.96%

ANALOG DEVICES 0.77% 0.75%

QUALCOMM 0.73% 0.77%

Only in USXF

NVIDIA 13.09%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.58%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.96%

INTEL CORPORATION 1.84%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.58%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 1.27%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 0.95%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 0.92%

Only in VIG

Microsoft Corp 4.67%

Apple Inc 4.50%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%

Eli Lilly & Co 3.90%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.84%

Johnson & Johnson 2.73%

Walmart Inc 1.96%

AbbVie Inc 1.93%

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On the same fields

USXF

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF

VIG

Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Dividend growth

Total return, 1 year +20.0% +12.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +2.8 pts −5.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.10% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 95.6% 92.6%

Holdings 283 335

Net assets, USXF as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.5bn $109.1bn

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

USXF in plain words

USXF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 283 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

VIG in plain words

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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, USXF or VIG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USXF returned +20.0% and VIG +12.0%.
Which is cheaper, USXF or VIG?: VIG is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do USXF and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 96% of USXF and 93% of VIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

USXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗USXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for USXF ↗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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