FTEC vs VIG: how much do they really overlap?
FTEC (Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF, tracking the MSCI US IMI Info Tech 25/50) and VIG (Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF, tracking the S&P US Dividend Growers) overlap by roughly 31% by weight. 5 of FTEC's top 10 holdings also appear in VIG. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 37 equally-weighted bets (diversification grade B). In short, the two funds share a meaningful core of the same megacaps, but each also brings real exposure the other lacks.
The same companies, in both funds
These 12 holdings appear in both FTEC and VIG. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in FTEC | in VIG |
|---|---|---|
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 14.71% | 4.57% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corporation | 8.67% | 4.27% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 3.89% | 5.41% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.85% | 2.09% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corporation | 1.97% | 1.75% |
| KLAC KLA Corporation | 1.38% | 1.11% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated | 1.09% | 1.22% |
| IBM International Business Machines Corporation | 1.05% | 1.22% |
| ORCL Oracle Corporation | 1.02% | 1.68% |
| QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated | 0.86% | 1.18% |
| ADI Analog Devices, Inc. | 0.81% | 0.89% |
| APH Amphenol Corporation | 0.86% | 0.80% |
Only in FTEC
Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF — US tech sector. Its biggest holdings that VIG doesn’t have:
| NVDA NVIDIA Corporation | 16.20% |
| MU Micron Technology, Inc. | 5.19% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 3.44% |
| INTC Intel Corporation | 2.32% |
| AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. | 2.06% |
| SNDK Sandisk Corporation | 1.29% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 1.06% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. | 1.02% |
Only in VIG
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF — US dividend-growth. Its biggest holdings that FTEC doesn’t have:
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 3.85% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.32% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.67% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 2.39% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 2.25% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 2.23% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 1.87% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 1.79% |
So — partly overlapping. Should you hold both?
FTEC and VIG share a meaningful core of the same megacaps, but each also brings real exposure the other lacks. Held together they keep a shared megacap core but each still pulls in exposure the other lacks, so a 50/50 blend spreads to ~37 effective positions (grade B).
Holdings as of — FTEC: Jun 27, 2026 (Fidelity); VIG: 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 FTEC and VIG overlap?
- FTEC and VIG overlap by approximately 31% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 5 of FTEC's 10 largest holdings are also held by VIG. They share 12 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both FTEC and VIG?
- Because they share a meaningful core of the same megacaps, but each also brings real exposure the other lacks, holding both is partly redundant: you double up on a shared core (AAPL) while each fund still adds distinct exposure. A 50/50 blend has an effective 37 positions and a B diversification grade.
- What does VIG hold that FTEC doesn't?
- VIG's largest holdings that FTEC doesn't hold include LLY, JPM, XOM, JNJ, V. Its category is US dividend-growth, versus FTEC's US tech sector.
- Which is more concentrated, FTEC or VIG?
- FTEC's top 10 holdings are 80% of its listed weight; VIG's are 45%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.