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XIC vs VCN overlap
94% of XIC and VCN is the same money, spread over 187 companies both funds hold.
Holdings as of November 9, 2026 (XIC) and September 30, 2026 (VCN) · source: iShares (XIC), Vanguard (VCN) · How we measured all 1,431 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
Its file gives a ticker and a country but no ISIN; 97.8% of its stock money was matched to one.
Vanguard's files give an ISIN with each line: 100.0% of its stock money is matched on one.
Hold XIC and VCN with other funds or stocks? The free portfolio optimizer opens XIC and VCN beside the rest of what you own: the companies you hold twice, what the funds cost a year, and where the next deposit should go. No account.
The companies you would own twice
SHOPSHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A5.00%5.20%What only one of them gives you
Where each fund puts its money
XIC and VCN: what people ask
Is VCN the same as XIC?
Nearly: 94% of the money in XIC and VCN sits in the same companies at the same weights, as of September 30, 2026. The other 5.8% is weight differences, plus 29 names only in XIC and 30 only in VCN.
How much do XIC and VCN overlap?
94% by weight, as of September 30, 2026: nearly the same fund. 187 companies appear in both funds; they make up 97% of XIC and 98% of VCN.
Which stocks do XIC and VCN both hold?
The largest shared positions are RY, TD, SHOP, BMO and BNS. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both XIC and VCN?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $94 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 29 names only in XIC, 30 only in VCN. Half in each behaves like 43 equally weighted stocks, against 43 for XIC alone and 42 for VCN 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 iShares and 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.