ILCG vs SFY: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Morningstar Growth ETF

ILCGANYSE Arca

SoFi Select 500 ETF

SFYANYSE Arca

Overlap

69.4%by weight

Expense ratio

ILCG −0.01pt a year

ILCG0.04%SFY0.05%

Avg volume · 30D

ILCG 4.8×the volume

ILCG70.4KSFY14.8K

5Y return · a year

SFY +3.1pt

ILCG+9.8%SFY+12.9%

ILCG vs SFY Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+59.5%ILCG+83.6%SFY

Expense ratio: ILCG 0.04%, better; SFY 0.05%
Fund size: ILCG $3B; SFY $684M
1Y total return: ILCG +3.2%; SFY +11.9%, better
Yield (12M): ILCG 0.44%; SFY 0.84%, better
Holdings: ILCG 328; SFY 501
Avg volume (30D): ILCG 70.4K sh, better; SFY 14.8K sh
NAV per share: ILCG $109.98; SFY $148.65
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for ILCG, SFY, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	ILCG	SFY
Cost30% weight	A96Higher	A78
Mission25% weight	A100Higher	A84
Risk15% weight	C44	A74Higher
Tradability15% weight	B64Higher	C41
Holdings10% weight	C49	B57Higher
Durability5% weight	B64Higher	C42

Rank among US Growth Index funds

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Same Category. ILCG and SFY 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 SFY 8th 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 7AVOTVanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETFScore 71
Rank 8ASFYSoFi Select 500 ETFScore 69
Rank 8AVONGVanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETFScore 69

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

ILCGAiShares Morningstar Growth ETF

SFYASoFi Select 500 ETF

In short

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.

SFY SoFi's house-brand large-cap fund: 500 big US companies, but growth signals decide how much weight each one gets instead of size alone. Five basis points, from a fintech app rather than a legacy fund complex.

Stated mandate

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.

SFY The fund seeks to track the Solactive SoFi US 500 Growth Index. It provides exposure to 500 large U.S. companies while using growth signals to determine each company's contribution.

Why people hold it

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.

SFY Five basis points, against a growth-category median closer to 0.18%. Among the cheaper ways to buy this tilt.
Not a narrow growth bet: it tracks the Solactive SoFi US 500 Growth Index, holding 500 large US companies and using growth signals to set each one's contribution.
Does what the prospectus says, and does it plainly: a standard 1940 Act index fund, no leverage, no derivative overlays, no structural asterisks.

Worth knowing

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.

SFY Thinly traded next to the category giants, so bid-ask spreads can be wider. How you place the order matters more here than with a mega-fund.
A few peers undercut the fee: VUG at 0.03%, SPYG and SCHG at 0.04%.
Young by fund standards (launched 2019) and run by a fintech newcomer, not a decades-old fund complex. Cash goes out once or twice a year, not monthly.

Full ILCG profile⁠

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ILCG vs SFY Holdings

How ILCG and SFY differ

Overlap by weight

69.4%

Shared holdings make up 98.1% of ILCG and 75.7% of SFY.

Level by level

Holdings285 in both69.4%
Sector11 Sectors90.5%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile99.7%

Sector

Sector weights in ILCG and SFY, widest gap first
Sector	More in ILCGMore in SFY	ILCG	SFY
Industrials	ILCG +3.8 points	9.7%	5.9%
Health Care	SFY +3.0 points	6.5%	9.6%
Financials	SFY +3.0 points	5.5%	8.5%
Consumer Discretionary	ILCG +2.8 points	9.7%	6.9%
Technology	ILCG +2.5 points	53.5%	51.0%
Energy	SFY +1.6 points	0.8%	2.4%
Consumer Staples	SFY +1.4 points	1.8%	3.2%
Utilities	SFY +0.4 points	0.9%	1.3%
Real Estate	ILCG +0.3 points	1.6%	1.3%
Communication	ILCG +0.2 points	8.5%	8.3%
Materials	SFY +0.2 points	1.4%	1.6%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in ILCG and SFY, widest gap first
Country	More in ILCGMore in SFY	ILCG	SFY
United States	SFY +0.1 points	99.5%	99.6%
Switzerland	SFY +0.1 points	0.1%	0.2%
China	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
Brazil	ILCG +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Mexico	ILCG +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
United Kingdom	ILCG +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Ireland	SFY +0.1 points	0.0%	0.1%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

ILCG49.8%
SFY42.9%

Securities held

ILCG325
SFY500

Asset class

ILCG: Equity
SFY: Equity

Holdings

Only in ILCG40
In both285
Only in SFY215

Only in ILCG

40 securities, 1.8% of ILCG by weight

Block Class A0.13%
Mercadolibre0.11%
Flex Ltd0.10%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd0.08%
Ati0.07%
Affirm Holdings Class A0.07%
Royal Gold0.06%
Heico Class A0.06%
Coupang Class A0.06%
Woodward0.06%
Itt Inc0.06%
Api Group0.05%
Revolution Medicines0.05%
Macom Technology Solutions0.05%
Clean Harbors Inc0.05%
Ch Robinson Worldwide0.05%
Rbc Bearings0.05%
Carpenter Technology0.04%
Heico0.04%
Mks0.04%
Echostar Class A0.04%
Liberty Media Series C0.04%
Somnigroup International0.04%
Lattice Semiconductor0.04%
Rocket Companies Inc Class A0.04%
Bwx Technologies Inc0.04%
Us Foods Holding0.04%
F50.03%
Ttm Technologies Inc0.03%
Talen Energy0.02%
Tko Group Holdings Inc Class A0.02%
Roivant Sciences Ltd0.02%
Td Synnex0.02%
Loews0.02%
Nextpower Inc0.02%
Wesco International0.02%
Amkor Technology0.02%
Vivmark Residential0.01%
Summit Therapeutics<0.01%
Liberty Media Series A<0.01%

Only in SFY

215 securities, 24.3% of SFY by weight

AbbVie Inc1.00%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.0.84%
Johnson & Johnson0.83%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.67%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp0.67%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc0.62%
Cisco Systems Inc0.47%
Chevron Corp0.40%
UnitedHealth Group Inc0.40%
Coca-Cola Co/The0.38%
Philip Morris International Inc0.38%
Morgan Stanley0.36%
Amgen Inc0.36%
RTX Corp0.35%
Procter & Gamble Co/The0.35%
Merck & Co Inc0.33%
Home Depot Inc/The0.33%
International Business Machines Corp0.33%
Capital One Financial Corp0.32%
Bank of America Corp0.32%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.29%
Blackrock Inc0.27%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.24%
Newmont Corp0.24%
Walt Disney Co/The0.24%
Truist Financial Corp0.23%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20310.23%
Wells Fargo & Co0.23%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co0.23%
Linde PLC0.22%
Salesforce Inc0.22%
Southern Copper Corp0.22%
ConocoPhillips0.21%
Citigroup Inc0.20%
Accenture PLC0.19%
Abbott Laboratories0.19%
NextEra Energy Inc0.19%
McDonald's Corp0.18%
Progressive Corp/The0.18%
PepsiCo Inc0.18%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co0.18%
Danaher Corp0.17%
Verizon Communications Inc0.17%
T-Mobile US Inc0.17%
AT&T Inc0.17%
Pfizer Inc0.17%
Union Pacific Corp0.17%
Lockheed Martin Corp0.16%
CVS Health Corp0.15%
Medtronic PLC0.15%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 285 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in ILCG and SFY, widest gap first
Holding	More in ILCGMore in SFY	ILCG	SFY
AppleAAPL	ILCG +2.74 points	8.12%	5.38%
MicrosoftMSFT	SFY +2.22 points	3.08%	5.30%
Broadcom IncAVGO	ILCG +1.56 points	4.92%	3.36%
Micron TechnologyMU	SFY +1.39 points	1.77%	3.16%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	ILCG +1.31 points	4.21%	2.90%
Alphabet Class AGOOGL	ILCG +1.24 points	3.01%	1.77%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	ILCG +1.15 points	2.66%	1.51%
NVIDIANVDA	ILCG +1.13 points	15.40%	14.27%
Tesla IncTSLA	ILCG +0.91 points	2.26%	1.35%
Alphabet Class CGOOG	ILCG +0.77 points	2.43%	1.66%
Applied Material IncAMAT	ILCG +0.70 points	1.00%	0.30%
Eli LillyLLY	ILCG +0.64 points	3.66%	3.02%
Ge AerospaceGE	ILCG +0.56 points	1.01%	0.45%
Palo Alto NetworksPANW	ILCG +0.55 points	0.96%	0.41%
Meta Platforms Class AMETA	SFY +0.51 points	1.59%	2.10%
Lam ResearchLRCX	ILCG +0.44 points	0.97%	0.53%
NetflixNFLX	ILCG +0.43 points	0.84%	0.41%
KlaKLAC	ILCG +0.37 points	0.67%	0.30%
Vertex PharmaceuticalsVRTX	SFY +0.36 points	0.14%	0.50%
Visa Class AV	ILCG +0.35 points	1.14%	0.79%
Western Digital CorpWDC	ILCG +0.34 points	0.43%	0.09%
Ge VernovaGEV	ILCG +0.34 points	0.74%	0.40%
Intel CorporationINTC	ILCG +0.30 points	0.99%	0.69%
WalmartWMT	SFY +0.30 points	0.69%	0.99%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLCSTX	ILCG +0.28 points	0.47%	0.19%
Palantir Technologies Class APLTR	SFY +0.27 points	1.32%	1.59%
Caterpillar IncCAT	ILCG +0.27 points	0.51%	0.24%
WelltowerWELL	ILCG +0.25 points	0.55%	0.30%
Intuitive SurgicalISRG	ILCG +0.23 points	0.49%	0.26%
Johnson Controls International PLCJCI	ILCG +0.21 points	0.29%	0.08%
Crowdstrike Holdings Class ACRWD	ILCG +0.20 points	0.80%	0.60%
Quanta Services IncPWR	ILCG +0.20 points	0.30%	0.10%
Mastercard Class AMA	ILCG +0.19 points	0.94%	0.75%
Cadence Design SystemsCDNS	ILCG +0.18 points	0.29%	0.11%
Freeport Mcmoran IncFCX	ILCG +0.17 points	0.29%	0.12%
Cummins IncCMI	ILCG +0.16 points	0.22%	0.06%
Motorola Solutions IncMSI	ILCG +0.16 points	0.26%	0.10%
Hilton Worldwide HoldingsHLT	ILCG +0.16 points	0.25%	0.09%
Howmet AerospaceHWM	ILCG +0.17 points	0.26%	0.09%
CintasCTAS	ILCG +0.16 points	0.24%	0.08%
Royal Caribbean GroupRCL	ILCG +0.16 points	0.25%	0.09%
EcolabECL	ILCG +0.16 points	0.25%	0.09%
FortinetFTNT	ILCG +0.15 points	0.27%	0.12%
Oreilly Automotive IncORLY	ILCG +0.15 points	0.23%	0.08%
OracleORCL	SFY +0.14 points	0.35%	0.49%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	ILCG +0.14 points	0.63%	0.49%
BoeingBA	ILCG +0.14 points	0.44%	0.30%
Aon PLC Class AAON	ILCG +0.14 points	0.22%	0.08%
Airbnb Class AABNB	ILCG +0.13 points	0.21%	0.08%
Moodys CorpMCO	ILCG +0.14 points	0.24%	0.10%
Ww Grainger IncGWW	ILCG +0.13 points	0.19%	0.06%
Baker Hughes Class ABKR	ILCG +0.14 points	0.18%	0.04%
Arista NetworksANET	ILCG +0.13 points	0.56%	0.43%
Transdigm GroupTDG	ILCG +0.13 points	0.20%	0.07%
EqtEQT	SFY +0.13 points	0.04%	0.17%
SnowflakeSNOW	ILCG +0.12 points	0.33%	0.21%
Ametek IncAME	ILCG +0.13 points	0.18%	0.05%
CsxCSX	ILCG +0.13 points	0.21%	0.08%
SandiskSNDK	SFY +0.12 points	0.25%	0.37%
FastenalFAST	ILCG +0.12 points	0.19%	0.07%
ServicenowNOW	ILCG +0.12 points	0.35%	0.23%
AutozoneAZO	ILCG +0.12 points	0.17%	0.05%
Rockwell Automation IncROK	ILCG +0.12 points	0.16%	0.04%
VistraVST	ILCG +0.11 points	0.15%	0.04%
Edwards LifesciencesEW	ILCG +0.11 points	0.17%	0.06%
Cloudflare Class ANET	ILCG +0.11 points	0.29%	0.18%
Monster BeverageMNST	ILCG +0.10 points	0.21%	0.11%
Monolithic Power Systems IncMPWR	ILCG +0.10 points	0.18%	0.08%
Ross Stores IncROST	ILCG +0.10 points	0.17%	0.07%
DeereDE	ILCG +0.10 points	0.25%	0.15%
Amphenol Corp Class AAPH	ILCG +0.11 points	0.63%	0.52%
Keysight TechnologiesKEYS	ILCG +0.10 points	0.17%	0.07%
Texas InstrumentTXN	ILCG +0.10 points	0.40%	0.30%
American ExpressAXP	SFY +0.10 points	0.15%	0.25%
United RentalsURI	ILCG +0.10 points	0.16%	0.06%
Westinghouse Air Brake TechnologieWAB	ILCG +0.10 points	0.15%	0.05%
AutodeskADSK	ILCG +0.10 points	0.17%	0.07%
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBNY	ILCG +0.10 points	0.20%	0.10%
CorningGLW	ILCG +0.10 points	0.32%	0.22%
CencoraCOR	ILCG +0.09 points	0.20%	0.11%
Nxp Semiconductors NVNXPI	ILCG +0.10 points	0.14%	0.04%
Idexx LaboratoriesIDXX	ILCG +0.09 points	0.13%	0.04%
Vertiv Holdings Class AVRT	ILCG +0.09 points	0.28%	0.19%
Bloom Energy Class ABE	ILCG +0.09 points	0.19%	0.10%
Chipotle Mexican GrillCMG	ILCG +0.09 points	0.13%	0.04%
Sherwin WilliamsSHW	ILCG +0.09 points	0.16%	0.07%
Veeva Systems Class AVEEV	ILCG +0.08 points	0.15%	0.07%
Applovin Class AAPP	ILCG +0.08 points	0.20%	0.12%
Dell Technologies Inc Class CDELL	ILCG +0.09 points	0.28%	0.19%
Emerson ElectricEMR	ILCG +0.08 points	0.18%	0.10%
Marathon PetroleumMPC	ILCG +0.09 points	0.20%	0.11%
Starbucks CorpSBUX	ILCG +0.09 points	0.20%	0.11%
NateraNTRA	ILCG +0.08 points	0.18%	0.10%
MsciMSCI	ILCG +0.08 points	0.14%	0.06%
Martin Marietta MaterialsMLM	ILCG +0.08 points	0.11%	0.03%
TeradyneTER	ILCG +0.08 points	0.14%	0.06%
Vulcan MaterialsVMC	ILCG +0.07 points	0.11%	0.04%
Nasdaq IncNDAQ	ILCG +0.08 points	0.15%	0.07%
Old Dominion Freight LineODFL	ILCG +0.07 points	0.10%	0.03%
Mckesson CorpMCK	SFY +0.07 points	0.10%	0.17%

All 325 ILCG holdings⁠All SFY 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.

ILCG vs SFY Cost

Overpaying SFY vs ILCG

$211

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

ILCG 0.04%
$849
SFY 0.05%
$1,060

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

ILCG 0.04%
SFY 0.05%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	ILCG	SFY	Overpaying
10	$73	$92	$19
20	$288	$360	$72
30	$849	$1,060	$211

Expense ratio

0.04%ILCG, cheaper
0.05%SFY

ILCG0.04%SFY0.05%

0.03%0.70%

Middle half of US Growth Index funds
Median 0.18%

ILCG 2nd cheapest of 35 funds

SFY 5th cheapest of 35 funds

ILCG vs SFY Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): ILCG 0.44%; SFY 0.84%, better
Payout (12M): ILCG $0.48; SFY $1.25
Last payment: ILCG $0.14; SFY $0.63
Ex-dividend: ILCG Sep 15, 2026; SFY Jun 29, 2026
Paid on: ILCG Sep 18, 2026; SFY Jun 30, 2026
Frequency: ILCG Quarterly; SFY Twice a year

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

ILCGQuarterly · 40 paymentsAll ILCG payments⁠

SFYTwice a year · 15 paymentsAll SFY payments⁠

ILCG vs SFY Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

ILCG
SFY

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: ILCG 17.8%SFY 14.8%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: ILCG 1.06SFY 1.43, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: ILCG −35.4%SFY −27.7%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: ILCG 1.23SFY 1.10; Market = 1

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ILCG vs SFY

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How ILCG and SFY differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in ILCG

Only in SFY

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

How ILCG and SFY differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in ILCG

Only in SFY

Weight gaps