etf overlap · little overlap
VWO vs XLF overlap
VWO and XLF hold no company in common. Still, 18% of their money sits in the same sectors, led by Financials.
Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VWO), SPDR (XLF)
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
What only one of them gives you
No stock in common, 18% in the same sectors
VWO and XLF: what people ask
How much do VWO and XLF overlap?
None by holdings, as of August 31, 2026: no company appears in both funds. By sector, 18% of their money sits in the same sectors, led by Financials.
Which stocks do VWO and XLF both hold?
None. VWO and XLF have no holding in common.
Is it redundant to hold both VWO and XLF?
No. Out of every $100 split evenly between them, none buys the same company. Half in each gives you 5,072 different holdings that behave like 52 equally weighted stocks, against 37 for VWO alone and 20 for XLF 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 SPDR 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.