MGCvsUSMV

Vanguard Mega Cap ETF or iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 34% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 98 stocks in both. MGC costs 0.05% a year against 0.15% for USMV, $10 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months MGC returned +31.6% and USMV +7.3%.

34%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
MGC75% in stocks the other holds too
USMV72% in stocks the other holds too
stocks in bothstocks only in that fundbonds, cash and unmatched shares

The two funds

From each fund's latest N-PORT filing and its prospectus.

MGCUSMVYearly cost0.05%0.15%Net assets$10.8B$23.6BPositions182169Last 12 months+31.6%+7.3%3 years, a year+25.0%+11.0%5 years, a year+14.9%+6.9%Largest holdingNVDA 9.1%MSFT 1.6%Main sectorTechnology 43%Technology 32%Holdings as ofMay 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026

Returns are total returns with dividends reinvested, from the funds’ own monthly figures; “(price)” marks a fund whose filing record is younger than a year, whose twelve months are its price change. The stronger figure in each row is set in bold. Past returns say what happened, not what will.

Growth of $100

Both funds from September 2019, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

MGC$302USMV$170
September 2019May 2026

More comparisons

From each fund’s Form N-PORT (MGC: May 2026, USMV: July 2026) and prospectus, via the SEC’s public data sets. Overlap counts only the stocks we can match to a listing: stock by stock, the smaller of the two weights, added up.