DIA vs VBR: how much do they really overlap?
DIA (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF, tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average) and VBR (Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF, tracking the CRSP US Small Cap Value) overlap by roughly 0% by weight. 0 of DIA's top 10 holdings also appear in VBR. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 76 equally-weighted bets (diversification grade A). In short, the two funds hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant.
The same companies, in both funds
These 0 holdings appear in both DIA and VBR. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in DIA | in VBR |
|---|
Only in DIA
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF — US blue-chip (Dow 30). Its biggest holdings that VBR doesn’t have:
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 11.76% |
| GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 11.61% |
| UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | 4.78% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corporation | 4.20% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 4.10% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. | 4.03% |
| HD The Home Depot, Inc. | 3.99% |
| SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company | 3.92% |
Only in VBR
Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF — US small-cap value. Its biggest holdings that DIA doesn’t have:
| FLEX Flex Ltd. | 1.25% |
| JBL Jabil Inc. | 0.82% |
| TPR Tapestry Inc. | 0.66% |
| NRG NRG Energy Inc. | 0.64% |
| ATO Atmos Energy Corp. | 0.63% |
| UTHR United Therapeutics Corp. | 0.55% |
| WSM Williams-Sonoma Inc. | 0.55% |
| ILMN Illumina Inc. | 0.53% |
So — essentially different. Should you hold both?
DIA and VBR hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant. Held together they genuinely broaden your exposure — a 50/50 blend reaches ~76 effective positions (grade A), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — DIA: Jun 29, 2026 (State Street Global Advisors); VBR: May 31, 2026 (Vanguard). Refreshed monthly. Overlap is measured across each fund’s largest holdings (top 50); the diffuse long tail barely moves the math.
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- How much do DIA and VBR overlap?
- DIA and VBR overlap by approximately 0% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 0 of DIA's 10 largest holdings are also held by VBR. They share 0 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both DIA and VBR?
- Because they hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant, holding both is not redundant — each fund covers largely different holdings, so together they broaden your exposure. A 50/50 blend has an effective 76 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VBR hold that DIA doesn't?
- VBR's largest holdings that DIA doesn't hold include FLEX, JBL, TPR, NRG, ATO. Its category is US small-cap value, versus DIA's US blue-chip (Dow 30).
- Which is more concentrated, DIA or VBR?
- DIA's top 10 holdings are 59% of its listed weight; VBR's are 30%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.