etf overlap · moderate overlap
VYM vs ITOT overlap
32% of VYM and ITOT is the same money, spread over 585 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of August 31, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VYM), iShares (ITOT) · How we measured all 1,035 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
What only one of them gives you
Where each fund puts its money
VYM and ITOT: what people ask
How much do VYM and ITOT overlap?
32% by weight, as of August 31, 2026: moderate overlap. 585 companies appear in both funds; they make up 99% of VYM and 32% of ITOT.
Which stocks do VYM and ITOT both hold?
The largest shared positions are AVGO, JPM, XOM, JNJ and ABBV. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both VYM and ITOT?
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: 18 names only in VYM, 1,840 only in ITOT. Half in each behaves like 100 equally weighted stocks, against 77 for VYM alone and 55 for ITOT 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 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.