IVV vs VB: how much do they really overlap?
IVV (iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, tracking the S&P 500) and VB (Vanguard Small-Cap ETF, tracking the CRSP US Small Cap) overlap by roughly 0% by weight. 0 of IVV's top 10 holdings also appear in VB. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 205 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 IVV and VB. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in IVV | in VB |
|---|
Only in IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF — US large-cap. Its biggest holdings that VB doesn’t have:
| NVDA NVIDIA CORP | 7.51% |
| AAPL APPLE INC | 6.58% |
| MSFT MICROSOFT CORP | 4.29% |
| AMZN AMAZON.COM INC | 3.61% |
| GOOGL ALPHABET INC CLASS A | 3.25% |
| AVGO BROADCOM INC | 2.77% |
| GOOG ALPHABET INC CLASS C | 2.59% |
| MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | 2.02% |
Only in VB
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF — US small-cap. Its biggest holdings that IVV doesn’t have:
| FLEX Flex Ltd. | 0.69% |
| ALAB Astera Labs Inc. | 0.62% |
| CIEN Ciena Corp. | 0.51% |
| RKLB Rocket Lab Corp. | 0.50% |
| CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. | 0.48% |
| BE Bloom Energy Corp. Class A | 0.47% |
| EME EMCOR Group Inc. | 0.46% |
| JBL Jabil Inc. | 0.45% |
So — essentially different. Should you hold both?
IVV and VB hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant. Held together they genuinely broaden your exposure — a 50/50 blend reaches ~205 effective positions (grade A), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — IVV: Jun 30, 2026 (iShares (BlackRock)); VB: 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 IVV and VB overlap?
- IVV and VB 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 IVV's 10 largest holdings are also held by VB. They share 0 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both IVV and VB?
- 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 205 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VB hold that IVV doesn't?
- VB's largest holdings that IVV doesn't hold include FLEX, ALAB, CIEN, RKLB, CRDO. Its category is US small-cap, versus IVV's US large-cap.
- Which is more concentrated, IVV or VB?
- IVV's top 10 holdings are 58% of its listed weight; VB's are 29%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.