etf overlap · light overlap

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF logoFinancial Select Sector SPDR logoVOO vs XLF overlap

12% of VOO and XLF is the same money, spread over 76 companies both funds hold.

Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VOO), SPDR (XLF)

overlapfull holdings, by weight
12%of each fund is money the other holds at the same weight, across 76 shared companies.
VOO
12%88%
XLF
12%88%
  • 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.
01Shared

The companies you would own twice

held by bothtop 15 of 76
companyVOOXLF
Visa Inc logoVVisa Inc0.93%8.15%
MSMSMorgan Stanley0.39%3.05%
Citigroup Inc logoCCitigroup Inc0.34%2.88%
PGPGRProgressive Corp/The0.19%1.53%
02Different

What only one of them gives you

only in VOO429 names
Alphabet Inc logoGOOGAlphabet Inc2.40%
only in XLF0 names

Every XLF holding is also in the other fund.

03Sectors

Where each fund puts its money

sectorsVOO vs XLF, share of each fund
Financials12.23%99.85%
Information Technology37.84%0.00%
Communication Services9.48%0.00%
Health Care9.27%0.00%
Consumer Discretionary9.13%0.00%
Industrials8.29%0.00%
Consumer Staples4.49%0.00%
Energy3.39%0.00%
Utilities1.98%0.00%
Materials1.83%0.00%
Real Estate1.80%0.00%
04Questions

VOO and XLF: what people ask

questions4 answered

How much do VOO and XLF overlap?

12% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: light overlap. 76 companies appear in both funds; they make up 12% of VOO and 100% of XLF.

Which stocks do VOO and XLF both hold?

The largest shared positions are JPM, BRK-B, V, MA and BAC. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.

Is it redundant to hold both VOO and XLF?

Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $12 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 429 names only in VOO, 0 only in XLF. 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 and SPDR publish, not a top-10 sample, and companies are matched by their ISIN so share classes stay apart.

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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.