etf overlap · heavy overlap
VEA vs VXUS overlap
71% of VEA and VXUS is the same money, spread over 3,823 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VEA), Vanguard (VXUS) · How we measured all 1,035 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
The companies you would own twice
What only one of them gives you
Where each fund puts its money
VEA and VXUS: what people ask
How much do VEA and VXUS overlap?
71% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: heavy overlap. 3,823 companies appear in both funds; they make up 98% of VEA and 71% of VXUS.
Which stocks do VEA and VXUS both hold?
The largest shared positions are 005930, 000660, ASML, HSBA and ROP. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both VEA and VXUS?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $71 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 68 names only in VEA, 5,041 only in VXUS. Half in each behaves like 290 equally weighted stocks, against 266 for VEA alone and 232 for VXUS alone. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; 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 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.