Which returned more over the last year, VLUE or VONG?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VLUE returned +54.7% and VONG +1.1%.

Which is cheaper, VLUE or VONG?

VONG is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VLUE and VONG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 97% of VLUE and 96% of VONG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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VLUE vs VONG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VLUE returned +54.7% to VONG's +1.1%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF, and $47.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

+1.1%

VONG total return, 1 year

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

0.06%

VONG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VONG costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 53.6 points; VONG is 5.0 times larger.

VLUE vs VONG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	VLUE	VONG
Return
Measure	VLUE	VONG
Total return, 1 year	+54.7%	+1.1%
Drawdown
Measure	VLUE	VONG
Below its high		4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	VLUE	VONG
What it tracks	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index	Russell 1000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	VLUE	VONG
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$9.4bn	$47.1bn
Holdings
Measure	VLUE	VONG
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.8%	57.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, VLUE and VONG hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first VLUE VONG

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 20.94% 3.52%

ADOBE INC 0.63% 0.20%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 0.43% 0.19%

CITIGROUP 1.47% 0.10%

EXPEDIA GROUP 0.61% 0.09%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.77% 0.07%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS C 1.72% 0.06%

NETAPP INC 0.57% 0.04%

UNITED RENTALS 0.86% 0.04%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.82% 0.04%

TWILIO CLASS A 0.42% 0.02%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 0.21% 0.01%

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Only in VLUE

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%

AT&T 2.24%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%

PFIZER 1.86%

QUALCOMM 1.73%

WALT DISNEY 1.71%

Only in VONG

NVIDIA Corp 15.63%

Apple Inc 7.65%

Alphabet Inc 5.88%

Microsoft Corp 5.59%

Broadcom Inc 4.79%

Alphabet Inc 4.75%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.83%

Tesla Inc 3.04%

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Side by side

VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor Tracks the Russell 1000 Growth

Total return, 1 year +54.7% +1.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) +0.9% (IWF)

Gap to its benchmark +41.1 pts vs MLRG +0.2 pts vs IWF

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 96.6% 95.5%

Holdings 148 373

Net assets, VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 and VONG as of Sep 30, 2026 $9.4bn $47.1bn

VLUE and VONG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

VONG

VONG tracks the Russell 1000 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +0.9% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 373 positions, with the top ten at 57.6%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VLUE or VONG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VLUE returned +54.7% and VONG +1.1%.
Which is cheaper, VLUE or VONG?: VONG is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VLUE and VONG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 97% of VLUE and 96% of VONG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

VONG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VONG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VONG ↗

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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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