BKLG vs IMCG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

BNY Mellon US Large Cap Equity Growth ETF

BKLGCNYSE Arca

iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF

IMCGANYSE Arca

Overlap

11.0%by weight

Expense ratio

IMCG −0.04pt a year

BKLG0.10%IMCG0.06%

Avg volume · 30D

IMCG 432.5×the volume

BKLG306IMCG132K

BKLG vs IMCG Performance

Jul 31, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026

+0.7%BKLG−1.8%IMCG

Expense ratio: BKLG 0.10%; IMCG 0.06%, better
Fund size: BKLG $12M; IMCG $4.04B
1Y total return: BKLG No data; IMCG +14.0%
Yield (12M): BKLG No data; IMCG 0.67%
Holdings: BKLG 325; IMCG 262
Avg volume (30D): BKLG 306 sh; IMCG 132K sh, better
NAV per share: BKLG $24.98; IMCG $93.24
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for BKLG, IMCG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	BKLG	IMCG
Cost30% weight	B62	A78Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	A95
Risk15% weight	A81Higher	A78
Tradability15% weight	F18	B61Higher
Holdings10% weight	C51	A75Higher
Durability5% weight	F5	B66Higher

Rank among US Growth Index funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. BKLG and IMCG are both graded against the same 35 US Growth Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Growth Index⁠

Category · 35 funds

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IMCG ranks 2nd and BKLG 27th of 35 funds in the US Growth Index Category.

Rank 1ASPYGState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETFScore 84
Rank 2AILCGiShares Morningstar Growth ETFScore 78
Rank 2AIMCGiShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETFScore 78
Rank 2ASCHGSchwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETFScore 78
Rank 26CPWBInvesco Large Cap Growth ETFScore 52
Rank 27CBKLGBNY Mellon US Large Cap Equity Growth ETFScore 51
Rank 28CFTGSFirst Trust Growth Strength ETFScore 45

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

BKLGCBNY Mellon US Large Cap Equity Growth ETF

IMCGAiShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF

In short

BKLG No data

IMCG Growth investing usually means megacaps. IMCG works the middle of the market instead: roughly 300 mid-cap growth names, indexed since 2004, for six basis points a year.

Stated mandate

BKLG No data

IMCG The Fund seeks to track an index of U.S. mid-capitalization equities with growth characteristics. Its strategy uses representative sampling and generally invests at least 80% of assets in securities from the Underlying Index.

Why people hold it

BKLG No data

IMCG 0.06% a year, one third of the 0.18% median for its growth-fund peer group. Mid-cap indexing at large-cap-index prices.
The growth leaderboard is stacked with large-cap funds (VUG, SCHG, SPYG, VONG). IMCG covers the middle instead, holding about 300 mid-cap growth names.
Sticks close to the Morningstar mid-cap growth index it follows, one of the tighter tracking jobs in its peer group.
Running since 2004 under the iShares roof, with a multi-billion-dollar asset base behind it.

Worth knowing

BKLG No data

IMCG Moderately traded rather than heavily traded, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than the megacap growth ETFs sitting beside it in the category.
This is a size-and-style bet. Mid-cap growth companies tend to move more sharply than the broad market, in both directions.
Distributions land quarterly, but a growth screen is not built around income.

Full BKLG profile⁠

Full IMCG profile⁠

BKLG vs IMCG Holdings

How BKLG and IMCG differ

Overlap by weight

11.0%

Shared holdings make up 78.0% of IMCG and 11.0% of BKLG.

Level by level

Holdings169 in both11.0%
Countryby domicile98.3%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

No Sector split for BKLG.

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in BKLG and IMCG, widest gap first
Country	More in BKLGMore in IMCG	BKLG	IMCG
United States	BKLG +1.5 points	99.7%	98.2%
Other countries (5)	IMCG +1.5 points	0.3%	1.8%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

BKLG53.5%
IMCG12.4%

Securities held

BKLG324
IMCG259

Asset class

BKLG: Equity
IMCG: Equity

Holdings

Only in BKLG155
In both169
Only in IMCG90

Only in BKLG

155 securities, 89.0% of BKLG by weight

Apple Inc10.87%
NVIDIA Corp10.54%
Microsoft Corp8.43%
Amazon.com Inc5.09%
Alphabet Inc-Cl A3.63%
Broadcom Inc3.35%
Alphabet Inc-Cl C3.06%
Meta Platforms Inc-Class A2.97%
Tesla Inc2.93%
Eli Lilly & Co2.65%
Micron Technology Inc2.18%
Advanced Micro Devices1.81%
Visa Inc-Class A Shares1.53%
Mastercard Inc - A1.12%
Costco Wholesale Corp0.98%
Palantir Technologies Inc-A0.86%
Johnson & Johnson0.80%
Walmart Inc0.79%
Applied Materials Inc0.70%
Lam Research Corp0.69%
JPMorgan Chase & Co0.68%
Palo Alto Networks Inc0.66%
Caterpillar Inc0.60%
Netflix Inc0.58%
Amgen Inc0.56%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - A0.55%
Intl Business Machines Corp0.53%
Ge Vernova Inc0.52%
Cisco Systems Inc0.51%
Oracle Corp0.49%
Kla Corp0.48%
Coca-Cola Co/The0.46%
Salesforce Inc0.46%
Home Depot Inc0.45%
Amphenol Corp-Cl A0.44%
Merck & Co. Inc.0.41%
Arista Networks Inc0.39%
Procter & Gamble Co/The0.39%
Marvell Technology Inc0.37%
Eaton Corp PLC0.34%
General Electric0.34%
Lockheed Martin Corp0.34%
Intuitive Surgical Inc0.34%
Rtx Corp0.34%
Sandisk Corp0.34%
Tjx Companies Inc0.31%
Boeing Co/The0.31%
Texas Instruments Inc0.30%
Linde PLC0.29%
Progressive Corp0.29%

Only in IMCG

90 securities, 21.9% of IMCG by weight

Dell Technologies Inc Class C1.30%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings1.07%
Oreilly Automotive Inc0.97%
Transdigm Group0.88%
Autozone0.70%
Msci0.60%
Block Class A0.56%
Nucor0.53%
Twilio Class A0.47%
Cardinal Health0.44%
Martin Marietta Materials0.44%
American Electric Power Inc0.40%
Vylor0.38%
Yum Brands0.36%
Verisign0.34%
Iron Mountain Inc0.34%
Steel Dynamics Inc0.32%
Ati0.32%
Nvent Electric PLC0.30%
State Street0.28%
Humana0.28%
Fifth Third Bancorp0.27%
Mettler Toledo0.26%
Curtiss Wright0.25%
Itt Inc0.25%
Macom Technology Solutions0.24%
Centene Corp0.24%
Realty Income Reit0.23%
Api Group0.23%
Wec Energy Group0.23%
Revolution Medicines0.23%
Northern Trust0.22%
Markel Group0.22%
Clean Harbors Inc0.21%
Roper Technologies0.21%
Rbc Bearings0.21%
Burlington Stores0.21%
Fair Isaac0.20%
Carpenter Technology0.20%
Ch Robinson Worldwide0.20%
Mks0.20%
Lattice Semiconductor0.19%
Citizens Financial Group Inc0.19%
Heico0.19%
Atmos Energy0.19%
Expand Energy0.18%
Somnigroup International0.18%
Liberty Media Series C0.18%
Cincinnati Financial0.18%
Public Service Enterprise Group0.18%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 169 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in BKLG and IMCG, widest gap first
Holding	More in BKLGMore in IMCG	BKLG	IMCG
Snowflake IncSNOW	IMCG +1.29 points	0.23%	1.52%
Johnson Controls InternationJCI	IMCG +1.17 points	0.13%	1.30%
Freeport-Mcmoran IncFCX	IMCG +1.17 points	0.12%	1.29%
Cloudflare Inc - Class ANET	IMCG +1.15 points	0.20%	1.35%
Datadog Inc - Class ADDOG	IMCG +1.03 points	0.17%	1.20%
Fortinet IncFTNT	IMCG +0.99 points	0.19%	1.18%
Lumentum Holdings IncLITE	IMCG +0.96 points	0.14%	1.10%
Ecolab IncECL	IMCG +0.93 points	0.10%	1.03%
Motorola Solutions IncMSI	IMCG +0.93 points	0.18%	1.11%
Cummins IncCMI	IMCG +0.92 points	0.05%	0.97%
Royal Caribbean Cruises LtdRCL	IMCG +0.89 points	0.16%	1.05%
Cintas CorpCTAS	IMCG +0.88 points	0.14%	1.02%
Aon Plc-Class AAON	IMCG +0.86 points	0.06%	0.92%
Moody's CorpMCO	IMCG +0.83 points	0.17%	1.00%
Robinhood Markets Inc - AHOOD	IMCG +0.82 points	0.15%	0.97%
Csx CorpCSX	IMCG +0.81 points	0.08%	0.89%
Doordash Inc - ADASH	IMCG +0.78 points	0.14%	0.92%
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBNY	IMCG +0.77 points	0.08%	0.85%
Airbnb Inc-Class AABNB	IMCG +0.76 points	0.15%	0.91%
Bloom Energy Corp- ABE	IMCG +0.76 points	0.11%	0.87%
Ww Grainger IncGWW	IMCG +0.75 points	0.08%	0.82%
Monster Beverage CorpMNST	IMCG +0.73 points	0.13%	0.86%
Cencora IncCOR	IMCG +0.73 points	0.12%	0.85%
Ametek IncAME	IMCG +0.70 points	0.09%	0.79%
Fastenal CoFAST	IMCG +0.70 points	0.09%	0.79%
Emerson Electric CoEMR	IMCG +0.70 points	0.09%	0.79%
Marathon Petroleum CorpMPC	IMCG +0.70 points	0.10%	0.80%
Natera IncNTRA	IMCG +0.68 points	0.13%	0.81%
Baker Hughes CoBKR	IMCG +0.68 points	0.05%	0.73%
Keysight Technologies InKEYS	IMCG +0.67 points	0.09%	0.76%
Edwards Lifesciences CorpEW	IMCG +0.65 points	0.06%	0.71%
Monolithic Power Systems IncMPWR	IMCG +0.65 points	0.11%	0.76%
Rockwell Automation IncROK	IMCG +0.63 points	0.05%	0.68%
Autodesk IncADSK	IMCG +0.59 points	0.11%	0.70%
Microchip Technology IncMCHP	IMCG +0.59 points	<0.01%	0.60%
Nasdaq IncNDAQ	IMCG +0.59 points	0.04%	0.63%
United Rentals IncURI	IMCG +0.58 points	0.11%	0.69%
Wabtec CorpWAB	IMCG +0.57 points	0.08%	0.65%
Ross Stores IncROST	IMCG +0.57 points	0.15%	0.72%
Veeva Systems Inc-Class AVEEV	IMCG +0.57 points	0.06%	0.63%
Ciena CorpCIEN	IMCG +0.56 points	0.11%	0.67%
Comfort Systems Usa IncFIX	IMCG +0.56 points	0.05%	0.61%
Nxp Semiconductors NVNXPI	IMCG +0.55 points	0.05%	0.60%
Carvana CoCVNA	IMCG +0.55 points	0.11%	0.66%
Vistra CorpVST	IMCG +0.55 points	0.09%	0.64%
Sherwin-Williams Co/TheSHW	IMCG +0.54 points	0.12%	0.66%
Astera Labs IncALAB	IMCG +0.54 points	0.08%	0.61%
Teradyne IncTER	IMCG +0.52 points	0.11%	0.63%
Digital Realty Trust IncDLR	IMCG +0.52 points	0.07%	0.59%
Ventas IncVTR	IMCG +0.51 points	0.07%	0.58%
Idexx Laboratories IncIDXX	IMCG +0.50 points	0.09%	0.59%
Everpure Inc-AP	IMCG +0.50 points	0.09%	0.59%
Arthur J Gallagher & CoAJG	IMCG +0.49 points	0.07%	0.56%
Coherent CorpCOHR	IMCG +0.49 points	0.10%	0.59%
Vulcan Materials CoVMC	IMCG +0.47 points	<0.01%	0.48%
Te Connectivity PLCTEL	IMCG +0.46 points	0.09%	0.55%
Illinois Tool WorksITW	IMCG +0.45 points	0.12%	0.57%
Chipotle Mexican Grill IncCMG	IMCG +0.43 points	0.10%	0.53%
L3HARRIS Technologies IncLHX	IMCG +0.43 points	<0.01%	0.44%
Take-Two Interactive SoftwreTTWO	IMCG +0.43 points	0.03%	0.46%
Flex LtdFLEX	IMCG +0.43 points	0.01%	0.44%
Old Dominion Freight LineODFL	IMCG +0.43 points	0.01%	0.44%
Rocket Lab CorpRKLB	IMCG +0.41 points	0.04%	0.45%
Coinbase Global Inc -Class ACOIN	IMCG +0.41 points	0.07%	0.48%
Williams Cos IncWMB	IMCG +0.40 points	0.12%	0.52%
Simon Property Group IncSPG	IMCG +0.41 points	0.05%	0.46%
Roblox Corp -Class ARBLX	IMCG +0.40 points	0.06%	0.46%
Interactive Brokers Gro-Cl AIBKR	IMCG +0.39 points	0.10%	0.49%
On SemiconductorON	IMCG +0.39 points	<0.01%	0.40%
Norfolk Southern CorpNSC	IMCG +0.40 points	0.07%	0.47%
Apollo Global Management IncAPO	IMCG +0.38 points	0.07%	0.45%
Jabil IncJBL	IMCG +0.39 points	0.02%	0.41%
Marsh & Mclennan CosMRSH	IMCG +0.38 points	0.10%	0.48%
Axon Enterprise IncAXON	IMCG +0.38 points	0.08%	0.46%
Allstate CorpALL	IMCG +0.38 points	0.05%	0.43%
Air Products & Chemicals IncAPD	IMCG +0.37 points	0.06%	0.43%
West Pharmaceutical ServicesWST	IMCG +0.37 points	0.03%	0.40%
Entergy CorpETR	IMCG +0.36 points	<0.01%	0.37%
Illumina IncILMN	IMCG +0.35 points	0.04%	0.39%
Garmin LtdGRMN	IMCG +0.35 points	0.06%	0.41%
Qnity Electronics IncQ	IMCG +0.35 points	<0.01%	0.35%
Northrop Grumman CorpNOC	IMCG +0.34 points	0.10%	0.44%
Mongodb IncMDB	IMCG +0.35 points	0.06%	0.41%
Estee Lauder Companies-Cl AEL	IMCG +0.34 points	0.03%	0.37%
Waters CorpWAT	IMCG +0.34 points	0.11%	0.45%
Dexcom IncDXCM	IMCG +0.34 points	0.07%	0.41%
Republic Services IncRSG	IMCG +0.32 points	0.06%	0.38%
Casey's General Stores IncCASY	IMCG +0.32 points	0.02%	0.34%
Credo Technology Group HoldiCRDO	IMCG +0.32 points	0.06%	0.38%
Emcor Group IncEME	IMCG +0.31 points	0.09%	0.40%
Ferguson Enterprises IncFERG	IMCG +0.30 points	0.07%	0.37%
Agilent Technologies IncA	IMCG +0.30 points	0.05%	0.35%
Zscaler IncZS	IMCG +0.30 points	0.05%	0.35%
Entegris IncENTG	IMCG +0.29 points	0.04%	0.33%
Ares Management Corp - AARES	IMCG +0.28 points	0.08%	0.36%
Targa Resources CorpTRGP	IMCG +0.28 points	0.15%	0.43%
Crh PLCCRH	IMCG +0.29 points	<0.01%	0.29%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals IncALNY	IMCG +0.27 points	0.04%	0.31%
Insmed IncINSM	IMCG +0.27 points	0.05%	0.32%
Live Nation Entertainment InLYV	IMCG +0.28 points	0.07%	0.35%

All 326 BKLG holdings⁠All 259 IMCG holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

BKLG vs IMCG Cost

Overpaying BKLG vs IMCG

$836

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

BKLG 0.10%
$2,106
IMCG 0.06%
$1,270

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

BKLG 0.10%
IMCG 0.06%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	BKLG	IMCG	Overpaying
10	$183	$110	$73
20	$717	$432	$285
30	$2,106	$1,270	$836

Expense ratio

0.10%BKLG
0.06%IMCG, cheaper

IMCG0.06%BKLG0.10%

0.03%0.70%

Middle half of US Growth Index funds
Median 0.18%

IMCG 9th cheapest of 35 funds

BKLG 14th cheapest of 35 funds

BKLG vs IMCG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): BKLG No data; IMCG 0.67%
Payout (12M): BKLG No data; IMCG $0.62
Last payment: BKLG $0.03; IMCG $0.19
Ex-dividend: BKLG Oct 1, 2026; IMCG Sep 15, 2026
Paid on: BKLG Oct 6, 2026; IMCG Sep 18, 2026
Frequency: BKLG Irregular; IMCG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

BKLGIrregular · 1 paymentAll BKLG payments⁠

IMCGQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll IMCG payments⁠

BKLG vs IMCG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: BKLG No dataIMCG 16.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: BKLG No dataIMCG 0.97
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: BKLG No dataIMCG −35.1%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: BKLG 1.11IMCG 1.14; Market = 1

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BKLG vs IMCG

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How BKLG and IMCG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in BKLG

Only in IMCG

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

The best growth ETF is the cheap one on the index you want

The cheap large-cap growth pick is the S&P 500 list

How BKLG and IMCG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in BKLG

Only in IMCG

Weight gaps