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VNQ vs XLU overlap

VNQ and XLU hold no company in common, and share no sector either: VNQ is 85% Real Estate, XLU 100% Utilities.

Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VNQ), SPDR (XLU) · How we measured all 1,035 pairs

overlapfull holdings, by weight
0.0%of each fund is money the other holds at the same weight, across 0 shared companies.
VNQ
100%
XLU
100%
  • same money
  • same companies, extra weight
  • only in this fund
Overlap = the sum, over companies both funds hold, of the smaller of the two weights. Cash and derivatives excluded.
01Different

What only one of them gives you

only in VNQ140 names
VRVRTPXVanguard Real Estate II Index Fund14.52%
AMAMTAmerican Tower Corp4.32%
SPSPGSimon Property Group Inc3.64%
DLDLRDigital Realty Trust Inc3.63%
OORealty Income Corp3.00%
only in XLU31 names
CECEGCONSTELLATION ENERGY7.02%
ETETRENTERGY CORP3.72%
02Sectors

No stock and no sector in common

sectorsVNQ vs XLU, share of each fund
Utilities0.00%99.84%
Real Estate84.56%0.00%
Not classified14.67%0.00%
03Questions

VNQ and XLU: what people ask

questions4 answered

How much do VNQ and XLU overlap?

None by holdings, as of August 31, 2026: no company appears in both funds. They share no sector either.

Which stocks do VNQ and XLU both hold?

None. VNQ and XLU have no holding in common.

Is it redundant to hold both VNQ and XLU?

No. Out of every $100 split evenly between them, none buys the same company. Half in each gives you 171 different holdings that behave like 41 equally weighted stocks, against 21 for VNQ alone and 20 for XLU 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 SPDR 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.

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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.