etf overlap · moderate overlap
VXUS vs SSAC overlap
32% of VXUS and SSAC is the same money, spread over 1,093 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of September 30, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VXUS), iShares (SSAC) · 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
VXUS and SSAC: what people ask
How much do VXUS and SSAC overlap?
32% by weight, as of September 30, 2026: moderate overlap. 1,093 companies appear in both funds; they make up 74% of VXUS and 32% of SSAC.
Which stocks do VXUS and SSAC both hold?
The largest shared positions are 2330, 005930, ASML, 000660 and 700. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both VXUS and SSAC?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $32 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 7,771 names only in VXUS, 546 only in SSAC. Half in each behaves like 224 equally weighted stocks, against 232 for VXUS alone and 99 for SSAC alone. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; this is a description, not advice.
What is SSAC, next to VXUS?
SSAC is iShares MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF (ISIN IE00B6R52259), an Irish-domiciled UCITS fund on the MSCI All Country World (ACWI) index. Next to VXUS, 32% of the money is the same, spread over 1,093 companies both hold, as of September 30, 2026.
Does the VXUS vs SSAC overlap apply to other tickers?
Yes. SSAC also trades as ISAC (London, USD; Borsa Italiana, EUR) and IUSQ (Xetra, EUR). Each is the same portfolio in another currency, on another exchange or paying its dividends out, so VXUS vs IUSQ also overlaps 32%.
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.