etf overlap · heavy overlap
VUG vs CSPX overlap
58% of VUG and CSPX is the same money, spread over 123 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VUG), iShares (CSPX) · How we measured all 1,431 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
What only one of them gives you
Where each fund puts its money
VUG and CSPX: what people ask
How much do VUG and CSPX overlap?
58% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: heavy overlap. 123 companies appear in both funds; they make up 97% of VUG and 58% of CSPX.
Which stocks do VUG and CSPX both hold?
The largest shared positions are NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMZN and GOOGL. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both VUG and CSPX?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $58 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 24 names only in VUG, 381 only in CSPX. Half in each behaves like 27 equally weighted stocks, against 17 for VUG alone and 44 for CSPX alone. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; this is a description, not advice.
Is CSPX the European version of VUG?
Partly: 58% of the money in CSPX and VUG is the same, as of August 31, 2026. CSPX is iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF (ISIN IE00B5BMR087), an Irish-domiciled UCITS fund on the S&P 500 index. European brokers generally don't sell US-listed ETFs such as VUG to retail clients, because those funds publish no KID (the PRIIPs key information document); UCITS funds do.
Does the VUG vs CSPX overlap apply to other tickers?
Yes. CSPX also trades as CSP1 (London, GBP), SXR8 (Xetra, EUR) and CSSPX (Borsa Italiana, EUR). Each is the same portfolio in another currency, on another exchange or paying its dividends out, so VUG vs SXR8 also overlaps 58%.
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.