etf overlap · little overlap
VWO vs VT overlap
9.9% of VWO and VT is the same money, spread over 4,539 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VWO), Vanguard (VT) · How we measured all 1,035 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
What only one of them gives you
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VWO and VT: what people ask
How much do VWO and VT overlap?
9.9% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: little overlap. 4,539 companies appear in both funds; they make up 95% of VWO and 9.9% of VT.
Which stocks do VWO and VT both hold?
The largest shared positions are 2330, 700, 9988, 2454 and 2308. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both VWO and VT?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $10 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 457 names only in VWO, 5,616 only in VT. Half in each behaves like 99 equally weighted stocks, against 37 for VWO alone and 128 for VT alone. 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. 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.