VIG vs VWCE overlap

27% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: moderate overlap. 156 companies appear in both funds; they make up 95% of VIG and 27% of VWCE.

The largest shared positions are AAPL, MSFT, AVGO, LLY and JPM. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.

Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $27 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 177 names only in VIG, 3,639 only in VWCE. Half in each behaves like 98 equally weighted stocks, against 56 for VIG alone and 107 for VWCE alone. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; this is a description, not advice.

VWCE is Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating (ISIN IE00BK5BQT80), an Irish-domiciled UCITS fund on the FTSE All-World index. Next to VIG, 27% of the money is the same, spread over 156 companies both hold, as of August 31, 2026.

Yes. VWCE also trades as VWRA (London, USD) and VWRP (London, GBP), and VWRL (ISIN IE00B3RBWM25) is its distributing share class. Each is the same portfolio in another currency, on another exchange or paying its dividends out, so VIG vs VWRA also overlaps 27%.

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.