ITOT vs VTI: how much do they really overlap?
ITOT (iShares Core S&P Total US Stock Market ETF, tracking the S&P Total Market) and VTI (Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, tracking the CRSP US Total Market) overlap by roughly 92% by weight. 10 of ITOT's top 10 holdings also appear in VTI. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 65 equally-weighted bets (diversification grade A). In short, the two funds hold nearly the same stocks in nearly the same proportions — owning both is largely redundant.
The same companies, in both funds
These 48 holdings appear in both ITOT and VTI. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in ITOT | in VTI |
|---|---|---|
| NVDA NVIDIA CORP | 6.63% | 6.70% |
| AAPL APPLE INC | 5.81% | 6.30% |
| MSFT MICROSOFT CORP | 3.79% | 4.60% |
| AMZN AMAZON.COM INC | 3.19% | 3.60% |
| GOOGL ALPHABET INC CLASS A | 2.86% | 3.05% |
| AVGO BROADCOM INC | 2.45% | 2.91% |
| GOOG ALPHABET INC CLASS C | 2.29% | 2.39% |
| META META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A | 1.69% | 1.90% |
| TSLA TESLA INC | 1.62% | 1.69% |
| MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | 1.78% | 1.50% |
| LLY ELI LILLY | 1.30% | 1.29% |
| AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC | 1.30% | 1.16% |
| JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 1.20% | 1.04% |
| XOM EXXON MOBIL CORP | 0.77% | 0.83% |
| JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 0.84% | 0.75% |
+ 33 more shared holdings.
Only in ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total US Stock Market ETF — total US market. Its biggest holdings that VTI doesn’t have:
| BRKB BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B | 1.25% |
| MRVL MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC | 0.36% |
Only in VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF — total US market. Its biggest holdings that ITOT doesn’t have:
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.17% |
| QCOM QUALCOMM Inc. | 0.37% |
So — nearly identical. Should you hold both?
ITOT and VTI hold nearly the same stocks in nearly the same proportions — owning both is largely redundant. If you already hold ITOT, adding VTI mostly increases your bet on the names they share rather than spreading it — a 50/50 blend still behaves like only ~65 equal positions, with the top 10 alone at 33% and the Magnificent Seven at 29%.
Holdings as of — ITOT: Jun 30, 2026 (iShares (BlackRock)); VTI: 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 ITOT and VTI overlap?
- ITOT and VTI overlap by approximately 92% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 10 of ITOT's 10 largest holdings are also held by VTI. They share 48 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both ITOT and VTI?
- Because they hold nearly the same stocks in nearly the same proportions — owning both is largely redundant, holding both is largely redundant — you mostly duplicate the same megacaps and concentrate rather than diversify. A 50/50 blend has an effective 65 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VTI hold that ITOT doesn't?
- VTI's largest holdings that ITOT doesn't hold include BRK.B, QCOM. Its category is total US market, versus ITOT's total US market.
- Which is more concentrated, ITOT or VTI?
- ITOT's top 10 holdings are 58% of its listed weight; VTI's are 61%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.