etf overlap · little overlap
VB vs SSAC overlap
2.2% of VB and SSAC is the same money, spread over 115 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of September 30, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VB), iShares (SSAC) · How we measured all 1,431 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
What only one of them gives you
Where each fund puts its money
VB and SSAC: what people ask
How much do VB and SSAC overlap?
2.2% by weight, as of September 30, 2026: little overlap. 115 companies appear in both funds; they make up 25% of VB and 2.2% of SSAC.
Which stocks do VB and SSAC both hold?
The largest shared positions are NTRA, P, TWLO, ILMN and CNC. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both VB and SSAC?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $2 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 1,186 names only in VB, 1,524 only in SSAC. Half in each behaves like 343 equally weighted stocks, against 674 for VB alone and 99 for SSAC alone. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; this is a description, not advice.
What is SSAC, next to VB?
SSAC is iShares MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF (ISIN IE00B6R52259), an Irish-domiciled UCITS fund on the MSCI All Country World (ACWI) index. Next to VB, 2.2% of the money is the same, spread over 115 companies both hold, as of September 30, 2026.
Does the VB vs SSAC overlap apply to other tickers?
Yes. SSAC also trades as ISAC (London, USD; Borsa Italiana, EUR) and IUSQ (Xetra, EUR). Each is the same portfolio in another currency, on another exchange or paying its dividends out, so VB vs IUSQ also overlaps 2.2%.
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.