ILCG vs STXG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Morningstar Growth ETF

ILCGANYSE Arca

Strive 1000 Growth ETF

STXGBNYSE

Overlap

68.2%by weight

Expense ratio

ILCG −0.14pt a year

ILCG0.04%STXG0.18%

Avg volume · 30D

ILCG 12.8×the volume

ILCG70.4KSTXG5.49K

3Y return · a year

ILCG +0.2pt

ILCG+24.0%STXG+23.8%

ILCG vs STXG Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+3.2%ILCG+6.7%STXG

Expense ratio: ILCG 0.04%, better; STXG 0.18%
Fund size: ILCG $3B; STXG $144M
1Y total return: ILCG +3.2%; STXG +6.7%, better
Yield (12M): ILCG 0.44%; STXG 0.48%, better
Holdings: ILCG 328; STXG 705
Avg volume (30D): ILCG 70.4K sh, better; STXG 5.49K sh
NAV per share: ILCG $109.98; STXG $54.83
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for ILCG, STXG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	ILCG	STXG
Cost30% weight	A96Higher	C49
Mission25% weight	A100Higher	A99
Risk15% weight	C44	A73Higher
Tradability15% weight	B64Higher	D25
Holdings10% weight	C49	B60Higher
Durability5% weight	B64Higher	F22

Rank among US Growth Index funds

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Same Category. ILCG and STXG 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 STXG 16th 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 16BIWPiShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETFScore 61
Rank 16BSTXGStrive 1000 Growth ETFScore 61
Rank 18BGGUSGoldman Sachs MarketBeta Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETFScore 60

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

ILCGAiShares Morningstar Growth ETF

STXGBStrive 1000 Growth 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.

STXG Growth with a wider net: STXG follows the Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index, holding roughly 700 large- and mid-cap growth names rather than just the megacap slice. A challenger fund priced at the middle of its category.

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.

STXG The Fund seeks to track the total return of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equity securities with growth characteristics.

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.

STXG Casts a broader growth net than the S&P 500 crowd: large- and mid-cap names, roughly 700 of them, so mid-caps ride along with the giants.
Straight index mechanics, no stock-picking discretion: it follows the Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index and has stayed tight to that mandate.
Fee sits at 0.18%, the median for growth ETFs, and the fund distributes quarterly.
Lands in the upper half of a crowded growth peer group on build quality, with high confidence in the underlying evidence.

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.

STXG The index behemoths (VUG, SCHG, VONG) offer similar large-cap growth exposure for a few basis points, so this one costs more per unit of beta.
Smaller and more lightly traded than the category's household names, so spreads tend to be wider and size matters on entry and exit.
Launched in 2022, so it has no full market cycle behind it, unlike the growth funds it competes with.

Full ILCG profile⁠

Full STXG profile⁠

ILCG vs STXG Holdings

How ILCG and STXG differ

Overlap by weight

68.2%

Shared holdings make up 90.1% of ILCG and 79.8% of STXG.

Level by level

Holdings296 in both68.2%
Sector11 Sectors92.0%
Asset classEquity100%
Countryby domicile99.7%

Sector

Sector weights in ILCG and STXG, widest gap first
Sector	More in ILCGMore in STXG	ILCG	STXG
Technology	ILCG +6.1 points	53.5%	47.4%
Financials	STXG +2.8 points	5.5%	8.3%
Communication	STXG +2.5 points	8.5%	11.0%
Consumer Staples	STXG +1.3 points	1.8%	3.1%
Industrials	ILCG +1.1 points	9.7%	8.6%
Health Care	STXG +0.8 points	6.5%	7.4%
Consumer Discretionary	STXG +0.5 points	9.7%	10.2%
Energy	ILCG +0.3 points	0.8%	0.5%
Utilities	ILCG +0.3 points	0.9%	0.6%
Materials	ILCG +0.2 points	1.4%	1.2%
Real Estate	STXG +0.1 points	1.6%	1.7%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in ILCG and STXG, widest gap first
Country	More in ILCGMore in STXG	ILCG	STXG
United States	STXG +0.2 points	99.5%	99.7%
China	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
Brazil	ILCG +0.1 points	0.1%	0.0%
Mexico	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
Switzerland	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
United Kingdom	Same weight	0.1%	0.1%
Malaysia	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

ILCG49.8%
STXG42.8%

Securities held

ILCG325
STXG704

Asset class

ILCG: Equity
STXG: Equity

Holdings

Only in ILCG29
In both296
Only in STXG408

Only in ILCG

29 securities, 9.8% of ILCG by weight

Apple8.12%
Cencora0.20%
Marathon Petroleum0.20%
Nucor0.13%
Mercadolibre0.11%
Allstate Corp0.11%
Cardinal Health0.10%
Humana0.07%
Fifth Third Bancorp0.06%
Heico Class A0.06%
Coupang Class A0.06%
Centene Corp0.06%
Technipfmc PLC0.06%
Revolution Medicines0.05%
Citizens Financial Group Inc0.04%
Expand Energy0.04%
Public Service Enterprise Group0.04%
Eqt0.04%
Southwest Airlines0.04%
Fabrinet0.04%
Ball Corp0.03%
Weyerhaeuser Reit0.03%
International Paper0.03%
Td Synnex0.02%
First Citizens Bancshares Class A0.02%
Albemarle Corp0.02%
Textron Inc0.02%
Amkor Technology0.02%
Summit Therapeutics<0.01%

Only in STXG

408 securities, 20.2% of STXG by weight

JPMorgan Chase & Co.1.89%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.15%
Johnson & Johnson1.00%
Cisco Systems Inc0.71%
AbbVie Inc0.66%
Coca-Cola Co/The0.63%
Philip Morris International Inc0.57%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.53%
RTX Corp0.51%
Linde PLC0.45%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.42%
Merck & Co Inc0.34%
Morgan Stanley0.32%
Procter & Gamble Co/The0.32%
Home Depot Inc/The0.31%
Amgen Inc0.31%
Salesforce Inc0.30%
UnitedHealth Group Inc0.26%
McDonald's Corp0.25%
Booking Holdings Inc0.25%
Union Pacific Corp0.24%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.24%
Blackrock Inc0.23%
Prologis Inc0.21%
Automatic Data Processing Inc0.19%
Waste Management Inc0.19%
NextEra Energy Inc0.18%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp0.18%
Spotify Technology SA0.18%
International Business Machines Corp0.17%
CME Group Inc0.17%
Abbott Laboratories0.16%
Intercontinental Exchange Inc0.15%
Danaher Corp0.13%
Citigroup Inc0.11%
Intuit Inc0.11%
QUALCOMM Inc0.11%
Cheniere Energy Inc0.11%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc0.10%
Adobe Inc0.10%
General Dynamics Corp0.10%
Boston Scientific Corp0.10%
American Tower Corp0.10%
Workday Inc0.09%
Okta Inc0.08%
Cboe Global Markets Inc0.07%
Newmont Corp0.07%
3M Co0.07%
IQVIA Holdings Inc0.06%
Atlassian Corp0.06%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 296 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in ILCG and STXG, widest gap first
Holding	More in ILCGMore in STXG	ILCG	STXG
NVIDIANVDA	ILCG +5.36 points	15.40%	10.04%
MicrosoftMSFT	STXG +5.09 points	3.08%	8.17%
Broadcom IncAVGO	ILCG +1.71 points	4.92%	3.21%
Meta Platforms Class AMETA	STXG +1.16 points	1.59%	2.75%
Eli LillyLLY	ILCG +1.12 points	3.66%	2.54%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	ILCG +0.93 points	2.66%	1.73%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	STXG +0.79 points	4.21%	5.00%
Tesla IncTSLA	STXG +0.72 points	2.26%	2.98%
Intel CorporationINTC	ILCG +0.44 points	0.99%	0.55%
Palantir Technologies Class APLTR	ILCG +0.44 points	1.32%	0.88%
Alphabet Class AGOOGL	STXG +0.41 points	3.01%	3.42%
Alphabet Class CGOOG	STXG +0.38 points	2.43%	2.81%
Visa Class AV	STXG +0.34 points	1.14%	1.48%
Palo Alto NetworksPANW	ILCG +0.34 points	0.96%	0.62%
Applied Material IncAMAT	ILCG +0.34 points	1.00%	0.66%
Ge AerospaceGE	ILCG +0.34 points	1.01%	0.67%
Lam ResearchLRCX	ILCG +0.33 points	0.97%	0.64%
WalmartWMT	STXG +0.33 points	0.69%	1.02%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	STXG +0.32 points	0.63%	0.95%
NetflixNFLX	ILCG +0.30 points	0.84%	0.54%
Crowdstrike Holdings Class ACRWD	ILCG +0.27 points	0.80%	0.53%
Ge VernovaGEV	ILCG +0.26 points	0.74%	0.48%
SandiskSNDK	ILCG +0.23 points	0.25%	0.02%
KlaKLAC	ILCG +0.24 points	0.67%	0.43%
Freeport Mcmoran IncFCX	ILCG +0.23 points	0.29%	0.06%
Amphenol Corp Class AAPH	ILCG +0.21 points	0.63%	0.42%
WelltowerWELL	ILCG +0.19 points	0.55%	0.36%
Arista NetworksANET	ILCG +0.18 points	0.56%	0.38%
Vertex PharmaceuticalsVRTX	STXG +0.18 points	0.14%	0.32%
Marvell TechnologyMRVL	ILCG +0.18 points	0.55%	0.37%
Uber TechnologiesUBER	STXG +0.18 points	0.11%	0.29%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLCSTX	ILCG +0.16 points	0.47%	0.31%
S&P GlobalSPGI	STXG +0.16 points	0.14%	0.30%
TjxTJX	STXG +0.15 points	0.19%	0.34%
Intuitive SurgicalISRG	ILCG +0.15 points	0.49%	0.34%
BoeingBA	ILCG +0.15 points	0.44%	0.29%
Western Digital CorpWDC	ILCG +0.15 points	0.43%	0.28%
Mastercard Class AMA	STXG +0.14 points	0.94%	1.08%
Johnson Controls International PLCJCI	ILCG +0.13 points	0.29%	0.16%
SnowflakeSNOW	ILCG +0.12 points	0.33%	0.21%
Eaton PLCETN	STXG +0.13 points	0.18%	0.31%
StrykerSYK	STXG +0.13 points	0.10%	0.23%
Microchip Technology IncMCHP	ILCG +0.12 points	0.14%	0.02%
Cloudflare Class ANET	ILCG +0.12 points	0.29%	0.17%
ServicenowNOW	ILCG +0.11 points	0.35%	0.24%
Parker-HannifinPH	STXG +0.11 points	0.14%	0.25%
CorningGLW	ILCG +0.11 points	0.32%	0.21%
Transdigm GroupTDG	ILCG +0.11 points	0.20%	0.09%
American ExpressAXP	STXG +0.11 points	0.15%	0.26%
Cummins IncCMI	ILCG +0.10 points	0.22%	0.12%
Lumentum HoldingsLITE	ILCG +0.10 points	0.24%	0.14%
Caterpillar IncCAT	STXG +0.10 points	0.51%	0.61%
Quanta Services IncPWR	ILCG +0.10 points	0.30%	0.20%
Vertiv Holdings Class AVRT	ILCG +0.09 points	0.28%	0.19%
FortinetFTNT	ILCG +0.09 points	0.27%	0.18%
Cadence Design SystemsCDNS	ILCG +0.09 points	0.29%	0.20%
CintasCTAS	ILCG +0.09 points	0.24%	0.15%
Royal Caribbean GroupRCL	ILCG +0.09 points	0.25%	0.16%
Baker Hughes Class ABKR	ILCG +0.09 points	0.18%	0.09%
Datadog Inc Class ADDOG	ILCG +0.08 points	0.25%	0.17%
Moodys CorpMCO	ILCG +0.09 points	0.24%	0.15%
Nxp Semiconductors NVNXPI	ILCG +0.09 points	0.14%	0.05%
Aon PLC Class AAON	ILCG +0.08 points	0.22%	0.14%
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBNY	ILCG +0.08 points	0.20%	0.12%
Motorola Solutions IncMSI	ILCG +0.08 points	0.26%	0.18%
Howmet AerospaceHWM	ILCG +0.08 points	0.26%	0.18%
Doordash Class ADASH	ILCG +0.08 points	0.22%	0.14%
Mckesson CorpMCK	ILCG +0.08 points	0.10%	0.02%
EcolabECL	ILCG +0.08 points	0.25%	0.17%
Marriott International Class AMAR	STXG +0.07 points	0.11%	0.18%
Steel Dynamics IncSTLD	ILCG +0.08 points	0.08%	<0.01%
Robinhood Markets Class AHOOD	ILCG +0.07 points	0.21%	0.14%
Airbnb Class AABNB	ILCG +0.07 points	0.21%	0.14%
Oreilly Automotive IncORLY	ILCG +0.07 points	0.23%	0.16%
Bloom Energy Class ABE	ILCG +0.07 points	0.19%	0.12%
CsxCSX	ILCG +0.07 points	0.21%	0.14%
VistraVST	ILCG +0.07 points	0.15%	0.08%
Keysight TechnologiesKEYS	ILCG +0.07 points	0.17%	0.10%
Hilton Worldwide HoldingsHLT	ILCG +0.06 points	0.25%	0.19%
American Electric Power IncAEP	ILCG +0.07 points	0.10%	0.03%
Ww Grainger IncGWW	ILCG +0.06 points	0.19%	0.13%
Monster BeverageMNST	ILCG +0.06 points	0.21%	0.15%
Applovin Class AAPP	ILCG +0.06 points	0.20%	0.14%
Estee Lauder Inc Class AEL	ILCG +0.07 points	0.09%	0.02%
AutozoneAZO	ILCG +0.07 points	0.17%	0.10%
NateraNTRA	ILCG +0.06 points	0.18%	0.12%
Carvana Class ACVNA	ILCG +0.06 points	0.16%	0.10%
Ametek IncAME	ILCG +0.06 points	0.18%	0.12%
JabilJBL	ILCG +0.06 points	0.09%	0.03%
Te Connectivity PLCTEL	ILCG +0.06 points	0.13%	0.07%
Monolithic Power Systems IncMPWR	ILCG +0.05 points	0.18%	0.13%
AutodeskADSK	ILCG +0.05 points	0.17%	0.12%
Ventas ReitVTR	ILCG +0.05 points	0.14%	0.09%
FastenalFAST	ILCG +0.06 points	0.19%	0.13%
Ares Management Class AARES	ILCG +0.06 points	0.09%	0.03%
Entergy CorpETR	ILCG +0.05 points	0.09%	0.04%
On Semiconductor CorpON	ILCG +0.05 points	0.09%	0.04%
Trane Technologies PLCTT	STXG +0.06 points	0.15%	0.21%
Ameriprise Finance IncAMP	ILCG +0.05 points	0.06%	<0.01%
Air Products and ChemicalsAPD	ILCG +0.05 points	0.10%	0.05%

All 325 ILCG holdings⁠All 699 STXG 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 STXG Cost

Overpaying STXG vs ILCG

$2,900

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

ILCG 0.04%
$849
STXG 0.18%
$3,749

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

ILCG 0.04%
STXG 0.18%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	ILCG	STXG	Overpaying
10	$73	$328	$255
20	$288	$1,281	$993
30	$849	$3,749	$2,900

Expense ratio

0.04%ILCG, cheaper
0.18%STXG

ILCG0.04%STXG0.18%

0.03%0.70%

Middle half of US Growth Index funds
Median 0.18%

ILCG 2nd cheapest of 35 funds

STXG 17th cheapest of 35 funds

ILCG vs STXG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): ILCG 0.44%; STXG 0.48%, better
Payout (12M): ILCG $0.48; STXG $0.27
Last payment: ILCG $0.14; STXG $0.06
Ex-dividend: ILCG Sep 15, 2026; STXG Sep 28, 2026
Paid on: ILCG Sep 18, 2026; STXG Sep 30, 2026
Frequency: ILCG Quarterly; STXG Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

ILCGQuarterly · 40 paymentsAll ILCG payments⁠

STXGQuarterly · 16 paymentsAll STXG payments⁠

ILCG vs STXG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: ILCG 17.8%STXG 14.9%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: ILCG 1.06STXG 1.22, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: ILCG −35.4%STXG −21.2%since Nov 2022
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: ILCG 1.23STXG 1.15; Market = 1

ILCG and STXG in the news

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ILCG vs STXG

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How ILCG and STXG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in ILCG

Only in STXG

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

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How ILCG and STXG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in ILCG

Only in STXG

Weight gaps