VTWG looks to track an index which offers exposure small cap firms that exhibit growth characteristics in the U.S. equity market. The investment thesis behind small caps is that these firms are likely to provide quality growth prospects to a portfolio and should have a much easier time growing then their large cap counterparts. However, these securities are extremely volatile and can experience large losses or gains in a very short period of time. Despite their volatility, these products should probably be in every investors' portfolio as they tend to move somewhat independently of large caps and can be a better 'pure play' on the American economy. This particular ETF, since it focuses on growth securities, has certain biases in its portfolio holdings and may not offer as much of a cross section as funds such as IWM and be more volatile as well. However, VTWG does an excellent job of dividing up assets as the fund holds close to 1,270 securities in total and doesn't give any one company more than 0.8% of the total assets. Thanks to this high level of diversification and VTWG's ultra-low expense ratio, the fund could make for a quality addition to portfolios of investors who are looking for small caps but are seeking a higher risk/reward profile. However, it should be noted that there are several other products in the space, namely IWO, SLYG, and VBK, that offer similar diversification at a similar price, potentially making them better choices for traders since they have tighter bid/ask spreads.
The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for VTWG on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Small Cap Growth Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
View the Category ReportMetric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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Liquidity | B+ | n/a |
Expenses | A- | n/a |
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Asset | Percentage |
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Common equity | 99.98% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.02% |
Sector | Percentage |
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Healthcare | 26.47% |
Industrials | 18.59% |
Technology | 16.36% |
Consumer, Cyclical | 11.16% |
Other | 8.01% |
Financials | 5.1% |
Real Estate | 4.15% |
Consumer, Non-Cyclical | 3.17% |
Basic Materials | 3.07% |
Communications | 2.07% |
Utilities | 1.49% |
Energy | 0.34% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.02% |
Market Cap | Percentage |
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Small cap | 57.29% |
Micro cap | 40.35% |
Mid cap | 2.33% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.02% |
Unknown | 0.0% |
Region | Percentage |
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North America | 98.45% |
Europe | 0.99% |
Asia | 0.23% |
Latin America | 0.18% |
Asia-Pacific | 0.07% |
Middle East | 0.06% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.02% |
Region | Percentage |
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United States | 98.08% |
Developed Markets (ex-US) | 1.46% |
Emerging Markets | 0.23% |
Not-designated | 0.22% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.02% |
Country | Percentage |
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United States | 98.08% |
United Kingdom | 0.61% |
Canada | 0.37% |
Ireland | 0.26% |
Thailand | 0.2% |
Puerto Rico | 0.18% |
Luxembourg | 0.08% |
Singapore | 0.06% |
Israel | 0.06% |
Monaco | 0.03% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.02% |
China | 0.02% |
India | 0.01% |
France | 0.01% |
South Korea | 0.01% |
Japan | 0.0% |
Switzerland | 0.0% |
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.
This ETF is currently available for commission free trading on the following platforms: (Vanguard)
There are 0 other ETFs in the Small Cap Growth Equities ETFdb.com Category that are also eligible for commission free trading:
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