etf overlap · little overlap

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF logoHealth Care Select Sector SPDR logoVOO vs XLV overlap

9.3% of VOO and XLV is the same money, spread over 60 companies both funds hold.

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

overlapfull holdings, by weight
9.3%of each fund is money the other holds at the same weight, across 60 shared companies.
VOO
9%91%
XLV
9%90%
  • 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 60
companyVOOXLV
AbbVie Inc logoABBVAbbVie Inc0.68%7.59%
Amgen Inc logoAMGNAmgen Inc0.35%3.55%
Pfizer Inc logoPFEPfizer Inc0.25%2.62%
Danaher Corp logoDHRDanaher Corp0.20%2.27%
02Different

What only one of them gives you

only in VOO445 names
Alphabet Inc logoGOOGAlphabet Inc2.40%
only in XLV2 names
ILILMNILLUMINA INC0.67%
IXIXCZ6XAV HEALTH CARE DEC260.00%
03Sectors

Where each fund puts its money

sectorsVOO vs XLV, share of each fund
Health Care9.27%99.75%
Information Technology37.84%0.00%
Financials12.23%0.00%
Communication Services9.48%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 XLV: what people ask

questions4 answered

How much do VOO and XLV overlap?

9.3% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: little overlap. 60 companies appear in both funds; they make up 9.3% of VOO and 99% of XLV.

Which stocks do VOO and XLV both hold?

The largest shared positions are LLY, JNJ, ABBV, MRK and UNH. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.

Is it redundant to hold both VOO and XLV?

Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $9 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 445 names only in VOO, 2 only in XLV. 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.