etf overlap · little overlap
VB vs IEFA overlap
VB and IEFA hold no company in common. Still, 83% of their money sits in the same sectors, led by Industrials; they part most on Financials: 24% of IEFA against 13% of VB.
Holdings as of September 30, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VB), iShares (IEFA) · How we measured all 1,035 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
What only one of them gives you
No stock in common, 83% in the same sectors
VB and IEFA: what people ask
How much do VB and IEFA overlap?
None by holdings, as of September 30, 2026: no company appears in both funds. By sector, 83% of their money sits in the same sectors, led by Industrials.
Which stocks do VB and IEFA both hold?
None. VB and IEFA have no holding in common.
Is it redundant to hold both VB and IEFA?
No. Out of every $100 split evenly between them, none buys the same company. Half in each gives you 3,920 different holdings that behave like 752 equally weighted stocks, against 674 for VB alone and 261 for IEFA alone. Whether that mix suits you depends on what you want to own; this is a description, not advice.
How is ETF overlap calculated here?
For every company held by both funds we take the smaller of its two weights and add them up. The weights come from the full holdings files Vanguard and iShares publish, not a top-10 sample, and companies are matched by their ISIN so share classes stay apart. Sector overlap applies the same rule to the issuers' sector labels; "behaves like N equally weighted stocks" is one over the sum of the squared weights.
Weights come from each issuer's published holdings file and are matched company by company on their ISIN. Cash, futures and currency positions are left out. This page describes what the funds hold; it is not investment advice.