GGUS vs ILCG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETF

GGUSBNYSE Arca

iShares Morningstar Growth ETF

ILCGANYSE Arca

Overlap

72.3%by weight

Expense ratio

ILCG −0.08pt a year

GGUS0.12%ILCG0.04%

Avg volume · 30D

ILCG 2.5×the volume

GGUS27.8KILCG70.4K

GGUS vs ILCG Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

−1.4%GGUS+3.2%ILCG

Expense ratio: GGUS 0.12%; ILCG 0.04%, better
Fund size: GGUS $482M; ILCG $3B
1Y total return: GGUS −1.4%; ILCG +3.2%, better
Yield (12M): GGUS 0.42%; ILCG 0.44%, better
Holdings: GGUS 370; ILCG 328
Avg volume (30D): GGUS 27.8K sh; ILCG 70.4K sh, better
NAV per share: GGUS $65.97; ILCG $109.98
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for GGUS, ILCG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	GGUS	ILCG
Cost30% weight	B59	A96Higher
Mission25% weight	A100	A100
Risk15% weight	C40	C44Higher
Tradability15% weight	D33	B64Higher
Holdings10% weight	C53Higher	C49
Durability5% weight	D26	B64Higher

Rank among US Growth Index funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. GGUS and ILCG 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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ILCG ranks 2nd and GGUS 18th 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 16BSTXGStrive 1000 Growth ETFScore 61
Rank 18BGGUSGoldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETFScore 60
Rank 19BIWOiShares Russell 2000 Growth ETFScore 59

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

GGUSBGoldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETF

ILCGAiShares Morningstar Growth ETF

In short

GGUS Goldman's plain-vanilla shelf. GGUS tracks the same Russell 1000 Growth index the household names use, charges 0.12%, and undercuts the category's median fee. No stock picking, no Goldman house view, just the growth half of US large caps.

ILCG Growth by Morningstar's rulebook. A 2004-vintage iShares fund that screens large and mid caps for above-average earnings, sales, cash-flow and book-value growth, and charges four basis points to do it.

Stated mandate

GGUS The Fund seeks returns that closely track its underlying index before fees and expenses.

ILCG The fund aims to follow an index of U.S. large- and mid-cap stocks chosen for above-average earnings, sales, cash-flow, and book-value growth.

Why people hold it

GGUS 0.12% a year: a third less than IWF on the identical Russell 1000 Growth index, and below the 0.18% median for US growth funds.
Its whole job is mirroring the Russell 1000 Growth Index before fees, and it is one of the closest trackers in its peer group.
About 400 large US growth names in one ticker, chosen by the index rather than a Goldman analyst. Distributions come quarterly.

ILCG 0.04% a year. The typical fund in its factor peer group charges roughly eight times that, so almost none of the return leaks out the fee door.
Uses Morningstar's growth definition (earnings, sales, cash flow, book value) rather than S&P's or Russell's, and reaches into mid caps, not just the S&P 500.ishares.com
Trading since 2004, a multi-billion-dollar fund holding roughly 300 stocks. Long-running plumbing, not a launch-week experiment.
Tracking has been tight, and the fund sits in the upper half of its factor cohort overall, with cost doing much of the heavy lifting.

Worth knowing

GGUS Thinly traded next to the giants of this category, so bid-ask spreads can run wider and larger orders can move the price.
Not the cheapest door to this index: VONG tracks the same Russell 1000 Growth benchmark for 0.06%.
Launched in late 2023, so the record is short, and it owns only the growth side of large caps, with no value holdings as ballast.

ILCG Pure growth means no value ballast, and the ride has been bumpier than most funds in its factor group. The style can sit out of favor for long stretches.
Concentration runs high for the cohort: cap-weighted growth screens funnel a big share of the fund into the same handful of mega-cap names.
Moderately traded, not a tape leader. Sibling IUSG applies S&P's growth definition at the same 0.04%, so the pick is which index rulebook you prefer.

Full GGUS profile⁠

Full ILCG profile⁠

GGUS vs ILCG Holdings

How GGUS and ILCG differ

Overlap by weight

72.3%

Shared holdings make up 92.0% of GGUS and 87.1% of ILCG.

Level by level

Holdings186 in both72.3%
Sector11 Sectors93.0%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile99.6%

Sector

Sector weights in GGUS and ILCG, widest gap first
Sector	More in GGUSMore in ILCG	GGUS	ILCG
Communication	GGUS +7.1 points	15.6%	8.5%
Consumer Discretionary	ILCG +1.1 points	8.6%	9.7%
Real Estate	ILCG +1.2 points	0.4%	1.6%
Materials	ILCG +1.1 points	0.3%	1.4%
Industrials	ILCG +1.0 points	8.7%	9.7%
Technology	ILCG +0.9 points	52.6%	53.5%
Utilities	ILCG +0.6 points	0.3%	0.9%
Consumer Staples	ILCG +0.5 points	1.3%	1.8%
Financials	ILCG +0.2 points	5.3%	5.5%
Energy	ILCG +0.2 points	0.6%	0.8%
Health Care	ILCG +0.2 points	6.4%	6.5%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in GGUS and ILCG, widest gap first
Country	More in GGUSMore in ILCG	GGUS	ILCG
United States	GGUS +0.2 points	99.7%	99.5%
Brazil	GGUS +0.1 points	0.1%	0.1%
China	ILCG +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%
Canada	GGUS +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Mexico	ILCG +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%
Switzerland	ILCG +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%
United Kingdom	ILCG +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

GGUS49.4%
ILCG49.8%

Securities held

GGUS369
ILCG325

Asset class

GGUS: Equity
ILCG: Equity

Holdings

Only in GGUS183
In both186
Only in ILCG139

Only in GGUS

183 securities, 8.0% of GGUS by weight

The Home Depot, Inc.0.87%
Amgen Inc.0.63%
Lockheed Martin Corporation0.47%
Booking Holdings Inc.0.42%
Spotify Technology S.a.0.31%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0.29%
Adobe Inc0.25%
American Tower Corp0.20%
Royal Caribbean Group0.16%
Automatic Data Processing Inc0.15%
Nu Holdings Ltd.0.15%
Coca-Cola Company (The)0.15%
AbbVie Inc.0.15%
Anglogold Ashanti Limited0.14%
Atlassian Corp0.12%
Citigroup Inc.0.12%
Intuit Inc0.10%
Eaton Corp PLC0.08%
Waste Management Inc0.08%
Bank of America Corp0.08%
Pepsico, Inc.0.08%
Guardant Health, Inc.0.08%
Ftai Aviation Ltd0.07%
Roku, Inc.0.07%
Sysco Corporation0.07%
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd0.06%
Viking Holdings Ltd0.06%
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.0.06%
Medpace Holdings, Inc.0.05%
Gartner, Inc.0.05%
Samsara Inc.0.05%
Restaurant Brands International Inc.0.05%
Cmrc/Cme Eminirsl G 12/20260.05%
Rubrik, Inc.0.05%
Manhattan Associates Inc0.05%
Godaddy Inc.0.05%
Valero Energy Corporation0.05%
Semtech Corporation0.05%
Ascendis Pharma A/S0.05%
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.0.04%
3M Company0.04%
Penumbra, Inc.0.04%
Union Pacific Corp.0.04%
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.0.04%
Kimberly-Clark Corporation0.04%
Sterling Infrastructure Inc0.04%
Sitime Corp0.04%
Insulet Corporation0.04%
Hubspot, Inc.0.04%
Draftkings Inc0.04%

Only in ILCG

139 securities, 12.8% of ILCG by weight

Intel Corporation0.99%
Welltower0.55%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC0.47%
Johnson Controls International PLC0.29%
Freeport Mcmoran Inc0.29%
Deere0.25%
Royal Caribbean Group0.25%
Ecolab0.25%
Oreilly Automotive Inc0.23%
Aon PLC Class A0.22%
Csx0.21%
Equinix Reit0.18%
Eaton PLC0.18%
Emerson Electric0.18%
Ametek Inc0.18%
Baker Hughes Class A0.18%
Synopsys0.18%
Edwards Lifesciences0.17%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologie0.15%
Veeva Systems Class A0.15%
Nasdaq Inc0.15%
S&P Global0.14%
Parker-Hannifin0.14%
Ventas Reit0.14%
Nxp Semiconductors NV0.14%
Digital Realty Trust Reit0.14%
Arthur J Gallagher0.14%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals0.14%
Block Class A0.13%
Te Connectivity PLC0.13%
Nucor0.13%
Williams0.12%
Marsh0.12%
Vulcan Materials0.11%
Norfolk Southern Corp0.11%
Mercadolibre0.11%
Allstate Corp0.11%
Martin Marietta Materials0.11%
L3HARRIS Technologies0.10%
Apollo Global Management0.10%
Air Products and Chemicals0.10%
Northrop Grumman Corp0.10%
Stryker0.10%
Coinbase Global Class A0.10%
Waters Corp0.10%
Flex Ltd0.10%
American Electric Power Inc0.10%
Garmin0.10%
Republic Services Inc0.09%
West Pharmaceutical Services0.09%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 186 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in GGUS and ILCG, widest gap first
Holding	More in GGUSMore in ILCG	GGUS	ILCG
Apple Inc.AAPL	ILCG +3.66 points	4.46%	8.12%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	ILCG +3.50 points	0.71%	4.21%
NVIDIA CorporationNVDA	ILCG +2.31 points	13.09%	15.40%
Meta Platforms Inc-Class AMETA	GGUS +2.04 points	3.63%	1.59%
Micron Technology, Inc.MU	GGUS +2.00 points	3.77%	1.77%
Tesla Inc.TSLA	GGUS +1.77 points	4.03%	2.26%
Alphabet Inc.GOOGL	GGUS +1.46 points	4.47%	3.01%
Visa Inc.V	GGUS +1.35 points	2.49%	1.14%
Alphabet Inc.GOOG	GGUS +1.20 points	3.63%	2.43%
Microsoft CorporationMSFT	GGUS +1.10 points	4.18%	3.08%
Mastercard IncorporatedMA	GGUS +0.90 points	1.84%	0.94%
Broadcom Inc.AVGO	ILCG +0.74 points	4.18%	4.92%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.AMD	GGUS +0.64 points	3.30%	2.66%
Texas Instruments Inc.TXN	GGUS +0.62 points	1.02%	0.40%
Caterpillar Inc (Delaware)CAT	GGUS +0.54 points	1.05%	0.51%
Walmart IncWMT	ILCG +0.53 points	0.16%	0.69%
Oracle CorporationORCL	GGUS +0.51 points	0.86%	0.35%
Sandisk CorporationSNDK	GGUS +0.44 points	0.69%	0.25%
Analog Devices Inc.ADI	ILCG +0.30 points	0.05%	0.35%
Mckesson CorporationMCK	GGUS +0.29 points	0.39%	0.10%
Eli Lilly & CoLLY	GGUS +0.25 points	3.91%	3.66%
Palantir Technologies Inc.PLTR	GGUS +0.24 points	1.56%	1.32%
Dell Technologies Inc.DELL	ILCG +0.22 points	0.06%	0.28%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	GGUS +0.20 points	1.20%	1.00%
Trane Technologies Public Limited CompanyTT	GGUS +0.19 points	0.34%	0.15%
The Bank of Ny Mellon CorpBNY	ILCG +0.18 points	0.02%	0.20%
Lam Research CorporationLRCX	GGUS +0.17 points	1.14%	0.97%
Blackstone Group Inc/TheBX	GGUS +0.16 points	0.25%	0.09%
Motorola Solutions IncMSI	ILCG +0.15 points	0.11%	0.26%
Constellation Energy CorpCEG	ILCG +0.15 points	0.02%	0.17%
General Electric CompanyGE	GGUS +0.15 points	1.16%	1.01%
Autozone, Inc.AZO	ILCG +0.14 points	0.03%	0.17%
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc.CRWD	GGUS +0.14 points	0.94%	0.80%
Simon Property Group IncSPG	GGUS +0.14 points	0.25%	0.11%
Msci Inc.MSCI	ILCG +0.13 points	<0.01%	0.14%
Palo Alto Networks Inc.PANW	GGUS +0.14 points	1.10%	0.96%
Boeing CompanyBA	ILCG +0.14 points	0.30%	0.44%
Targa Resources Corp.TRGP	GGUS +0.14 points	0.24%	0.10%
Marvell Technology, Inc.MRVL	GGUS +0.13 points	0.68%	0.55%
Marriott International, IncMAR	GGUS +0.12 points	0.23%	0.11%
Arista Networks, Inc.ANET	GGUS +0.13 points	0.69%	0.56%
Moody's CorporationMCO	ILCG +0.12 points	0.12%	0.24%
Charles Schwab CorporationSCHW	ILCG +0.12 points	0.04%	0.16%
Kla CorpKLAC	GGUS +0.11 points	0.78%	0.67%
Ge Vernova LlcGEV	GGUS +0.11 points	0.85%	0.74%
Cummins IncCMI	ILCG +0.11 points	0.11%	0.22%
Monster Beverage CorporationMNST	ILCG +0.10 points	0.11%	0.21%
United Rentals, Inc.URI	ILCG +0.10 points	0.06%	0.16%
Amphenol Corp Cl-A (New)APH	GGUS +0.09 points	0.72%	0.63%
Coherent CorpCOHR	ILCG +0.10 points	0.03%	0.13%
Sherwin-Williams CoSHW	ILCG +0.09 points	0.07%	0.16%
On Semiconductor CorporationON	ILCG +0.08 points	<0.01%	0.09%
Transdigm Group IncorporatedTDG	ILCG +0.08 points	0.12%	0.20%
Netflix, Inc.NFLX	GGUS +0.08 points	0.92%	0.84%
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.ODFL	ILCG +0.08 points	0.02%	0.10%
Ferguson Enterprises IncFERG	ILCG +0.08 points	<0.01%	0.09%
Twilio Inc.TWLO	ILCG +0.08 points	0.02%	0.10%
Revolution Medicines IncRVMD	GGUS +0.08 points	0.13%	0.05%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.ISRG	GGUS +0.08 points	0.57%	0.49%
Estee Lauder Cos Inc Cl-AEL	ILCG +0.07 points	0.02%	0.09%
Tjx Companies Inc (New)TJX	GGUS +0.07 points	0.26%	0.19%
Steel Dynamics, Inc.STLD	ILCG +0.07 points	<0.01%	0.08%
Entegris, Inc.ENTG	ILCG +0.07 points	0.01%	0.08%
Cloudflare, Inc.NET	GGUS +0.06 points	0.35%	0.29%
Snowflake Inc.SNOW	GGUS +0.07 points	0.40%	0.33%
Uber Technologies, Inc.UBER	ILCG +0.06 points	0.05%	0.11%
Western Digital CorporationWDC	GGUS +0.06 points	0.49%	0.43%
Ross Stores IncROST	GGUS +0.06 points	0.23%	0.17%
Sofi Technologies, Inc.SOFI	ILCG +0.06 points	<0.01%	0.07%
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.IBKR	ILCG +0.06 points	0.05%	0.11%
Datadog, Inc.DDOG	GGUS +0.06 points	0.31%	0.25%
Expedia Group IncEXPE	GGUS +0.05 points	0.11%	0.06%
Costco Wholesale CorporationCOST	GGUS +0.06 points	0.69%	0.63%
Keysight Technologies, Inc.KEYS	ILCG +0.06 points	0.11%	0.17%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.DRI	GGUS +0.05 points	0.09%	0.04%
Super Micro Computer, Inc.SMCI	ILCG +0.05 points	<0.01%	0.06%
Vertiv Holdings LlcVRT	GGUS +0.06 points	0.34%	0.28%
Servicenow IncNOW	GGUS +0.05 points	0.40%	0.35%
Illinois Tool WorksITW	ILCG +0.05 points	0.08%	0.13%
Zoetis Inc.ZTS	GGUS +0.05 points	0.09%	0.04%
Corning IncorporatedGLW	GGUS +0.04 points	0.36%	0.32%
Centene CorporationCNC	ILCG +0.05 points	<0.01%	0.06%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.AMP	ILCG +0.05 points	0.01%	0.06%
Northern Trust CorpNTRS	ILCG +0.04 points	<0.01%	0.05%
Kkr & Co. Inc.KKR	ILCG +0.05 points	0.05%	0.10%
Public StoragePSA	ILCG +0.05 points	0.02%	0.07%
Cadence Design Systems IncCDNS	GGUS +0.05 points	0.34%	0.29%
The Hershey CompanyHSY	ILCG +0.04 points	<0.01%	0.05%
Nrg Energy, Inc.NRG	GGUS +0.04 points	0.07%	0.03%
Lpl Financial Holdings Inc.LPLA	ILCG +0.04 points	0.03%	0.07%
Yum Brands, Inc.YUM	ILCG +0.04 points	0.05%	0.09%
Quanta Services IncPWR	GGUS +0.04 points	0.34%	0.30%
Starbucks Corp.SBUX	GGUS +0.04 points	0.24%	0.20%
Clean Harbors IncCLH	ILCG +0.04 points	0.01%	0.05%
Mks IncMKSI	ILCG +0.04 points	<0.01%	0.04%
Howmet Aerospace Inc.HWM	GGUS +0.03 points	0.29%	0.26%
Cbre Group, Inc.CBRE	ILCG +0.04 points	0.01%	0.05%
Rbc Bearings IncorporatedRBC	ILCG +0.04 points	<0.01%	0.05%
Marathon Petroleum CorporationMPC	GGUS +0.03 points	0.23%	0.20%
Tapestry, Inc.TPR	GGUS +0.04 points	0.09%	0.05%

All 369 GGUS holdings⁠All 325 ILCG 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.

GGUS vs ILCG Cost

Overpaying GGUS vs ILCG

$1,671

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

GGUS 0.12%
$2,520
ILCG 0.04%
$849

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

GGUS 0.12%
ILCG 0.04%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	GGUS	ILCG	Overpaying
10	$220	$73	$147
20	$859	$288	$571
30	$2,520	$849	$1,671

Expense ratio

0.12%GGUS
0.04%ILCG, cheaper

ILCG0.04%GGUS0.12%

0.03%0.70%

Middle half of US Growth Index funds
Median 0.18%

ILCG 2nd cheapest of 35 funds

GGUS 15th cheapest of 35 funds

GGUS vs ILCG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): GGUS 0.42%; ILCG 0.44%, better
Payout (12M): GGUS $0.27; ILCG $0.48
Last payment: GGUS $0.06; ILCG $0.14
Ex-dividend: GGUS Sep 24, 2026; ILCG Sep 15, 2026
Paid on: GGUS Sep 30, 2026; ILCG Sep 18, 2026
Frequency: GGUS Quarterly; ILCG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

GGUSQuarterly · 12 paymentsAll GGUS payments⁠

ILCGQuarterly · 40 paymentsAll ILCG payments⁠

GGUS vs ILCG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: GGUS 15.5%since Dec 2023ILCG 17.8%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: GGUS 0.86since Dec 2023ILCG 1.06
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: GGUS −22.6%since Nov 2023ILCG −35.4%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: GGUS 1.14ILCG 1.23; Market = 1

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GGUS vs ILCG

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How GGUS and ILCG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in GGUS

Only in ILCG

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

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How GGUS and ILCG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in GGUS

Only in ILCG

Weight gaps