etf overlap · little overlap
VNQ vs VB overlap
6.9% of VNQ and VB is the same money, spread over 92 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VNQ), Vanguard (VB) · 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
VNQ and VB: what people ask
How much do VNQ and VB overlap?
6.9% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: little overlap. 92 companies appear in both funds; they make up 30% of VNQ and 6.9% of VB.
Which stocks do VNQ and VB both hold?
The largest shared positions are ESS, INVH, HST, KIM and WPC. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both VNQ and VB?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $7 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 48 names only in VNQ, 1,209 only in VB. Half in each behaves like 80 equally weighted stocks, against 21 for VNQ alone and 674 for VB 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.