etf overlap · moderate overlap

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF logoVanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF logoVTI vs VIG overlap

39% of VTI and VIG is the same money, spread over 332 companies both funds hold.

Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VTI), Vanguard (VIG)

overlapfull holdings, by weight
39%of each fund is money the other holds at the same weight, across 332 shared companies.
VTI
39%59%
VIG
39%60%
  • 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 332
companyVTIVIG
Apple Inc logoAAPLApple Inc6.30%4.50%
Visa Inc logoVVisa Inc0.85%2.50%
Walmart Inc logoWMTWalmart Inc0.62%1.96%
AbbVie Inc logoABBVAbbVie Inc0.61%1.93%
02Different

What only one of them gives you

only in VTI3,171 names
Alphabet Inc logoGOOGAlphabet Inc2.12%
only in VIG1 names
DODOXAmdocs Ltd0.03%
03Sectors

Where each fund puts its money

sectorsVTI vs VIG, share of each fund
Information Technology34.64%25.33%
Financials11.93%20.91%
Health Care9.55%18.09%
Industrials8.59%10.49%
Consumer Staples4.05%9.02%
Consumer Discretionary8.55%3.85%
Communication Services8.72%0.00%
Energy3.40%3.36%
Materials1.81%3.00%
Utilities1.88%2.65%
Real Estate1.90%0.00%
Not classified4.64%2.62%
04Questions

VTI and VIG: what people ask

questions4 answered

How much do VTI and VIG overlap?

39% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: moderate overlap. 332 companies appear in both funds; they make up 41% of VTI and 99% of VIG.

Which stocks do VTI and VIG both hold?

The largest shared positions are MSFT, AAPL, AVGO, LLY and JPM. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.

Is it redundant to hold both VTI and VIG?

Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $39 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 3,171 names only in VTI, 1 only in VIG. 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.

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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.