etf overlap · little overlap

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF logoHealth Care Select Sector SPDR logoVTI vs XLV overlap

8.4% of VTI and XLV is the same money, spread over 61 companies both funds hold.

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

overlapfull holdings, by weight
8.4%of each fund is money the other holds at the same weight, across 61 shared companies.
VTI
8%92%
XLV
8%91%
  • 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 61
companyVTIXLV
AbbVie Inc logoABBVAbbVie Inc0.61%7.59%
Amgen Inc logoAMGNAmgen Inc0.31%3.55%
Pfizer Inc logoPFEPfizer Inc0.22%2.62%
Danaher Corp logoDHRDanaher Corp0.18%2.27%
02Different

What only one of them gives you

only in VTI3,442 names
Alphabet Inc logoGOOGAlphabet Inc2.12%
only in XLV1 names
IXIXCZ6XAV HEALTH CARE DEC260.00%
03Sectors

Where each fund puts its money

sectorsVTI vs XLV, share of each fund
Health Care9.55%99.75%
Information Technology34.64%0.00%
Financials11.93%0.00%
Communication Services8.72%0.00%
Industrials8.59%0.00%
Consumer Discretionary8.55%0.00%
Consumer Staples4.05%0.00%
Energy3.40%0.00%
Real Estate1.90%0.00%
Utilities1.88%0.00%
Materials1.81%0.00%
Not classified4.64%0.00%
04Questions

VTI and XLV: what people ask

questions4 answered

How much do VTI and XLV overlap?

8.4% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: little overlap. 61 companies appear in both funds; they make up 8.4% of VTI and 100% of XLV.

Which stocks do VTI 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 VTI and XLV?

Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $8 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 3,442 names only in VTI, 1 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.