etf overlap · little overlap
VTI vs EFA overlap
VTI and EFA hold no company in common. Still, 65% of their money sits in the same sectors, led by Financials.
Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VTI), iShares (EFA)
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
What only one of them gives you
AMZNAmazon.com Inc3.40%No stock in common, 65% in the same sectors
VTI and EFA: what people ask
How much do VTI and EFA overlap?
None by holdings, as of August 31, 2026: no company appears in both funds. By sector, 65% of their money sits in the same sectors, led by Financials.
Which stocks do VTI and EFA both hold?
None. VTI and EFA have no holding in common.
Is it redundant to hold both VTI and EFA?
No. Out of every $100 split evenly between them, none buys the same company. Half in each gives you 4,159 different holdings that behave like 181 equally weighted stocks, against 59 for VTI alone and 193 for EFA 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 iShares 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.