Verified factor-similar pair

ISCV vs VIOV

These two ETFs pass the same FF6 US similarity lane: US-listed equity ETFs, same USD model basis, at least one material non-market factor, and 100% overlap in statistically significant material factor exposure.

SMB HML
Similarity score
87
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Score blends exposure-level distance, factor-vector shape, market-beta closeness, and a small backtested relative-Sharpe term.

ISCV

iShares Morningstar Small Cap Value ETF
SMB HML
Adj. R2
0.970
Rel. Sharpe
0.845
Mkt beta
1.01
AUM
US$631M
MER
0.06%
Valuation
118

VIOV

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF
SMB HML
Adj. R2
0.979
Rel. Sharpe
1.077
Mkt beta
0.99
AUM
US$1.6B
MER
0.10%
Valuation
101

Factor Exposure Match

Blue bars compare raw factor beta magnitude. Green bars compare absolute t-stat strength. Dim bars indicate the t-stat is below 1.96.

SMB
ISCV
+0.69
|t|
+23.7
VIOV
+0.90
|t|
+31.0
diff -0.20
HML
ISCV
+0.38
|t|
+13.6
VIOV
+0.35
|t|
+12.8
diff +0.03
RMW
ISCV
+0.12
|t|
+3.3
VIOV
+0.11
|t|
+3.2
diff +0.01
CMA
ISCV
+0.07
|t|
+1.6
VIOV
+0.05
|t|
+1.3
diff +0.02
UMD
ISCV
-0.12
|t|
-7.1
VIOV
-0.04
|t|
-2.0
diff -0.08

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
85
Exposure shape
99
Mkt beta diff
0.02
Rel. Sharpe diff
0.232

This comparison focuses on measured factor exposure, not a qualitative review of each fund's portfolio-construction process. Backtested relative Sharpe is included as a secondary signal, while we continue refining a comparison metric that separates factor payoff from alpha. See methodology.

ISCV fund page VIOV fund page US ETF Leaders US Universe
Important context

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