IVV vs VWO: how much do they really overlap?
IVV (iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, tracking the S&P 500) and VWO (Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF, tracking the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap) overlap by roughly 0% by weight. 0 of IVV's top 10 holdings also appear in VWO. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 85 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 VWO. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in IVV | in VWO |
|---|
Only in IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF — US large-cap. Its biggest holdings that VWO doesn’t have:
| AAPL APPLE INC | 7.64% |
| NVDA NVIDIA CORP | 7.37% |
| MSFT MICROSOFT CORP | 5.23% |
| AMZN AMAZON.COM INC | 3.60% |
| GOOGL ALPHABET INC CLASS A | 3.05% |
| AVGO BROADCOM INC | 2.87% |
| GOOG ALPHABET INC CLASS C | 2.46% |
| META META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A | 1.85% |
Only in VWO
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF — emerging markets. Its biggest holdings that IVV doesn’t have:
| 2330 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 15.64% |
| 700 Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 2.82% |
| 9988 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. | 1.79% |
| 2454 MediaTek Inc. | 1.63% |
| 2308 Delta Electronics Inc. | 0.99% |
| 2317 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. | 0.79% |
| HDFCBANK HDFC Bank Ltd. | 0.79% |
| RELIANCE Reliance Industries Ltd. | 0.75% |
So — essentially different. Should you hold both?
IVV and VWO hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant. Held together they genuinely broaden your exposure — a 50/50 blend reaches ~85 effective positions (grade A), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — IVV: Jul 30, 2026 (iShares (BlackRock)); VWO: Jun 30, 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 VWO overlap?
- IVV and VWO 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 VWO. They share 0 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both IVV and VWO?
- 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 85 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VWO hold that IVV doesn't?
- VWO's largest holdings that IVV doesn't hold include 2330, 700, 9988, 2454, 2308. Its category is emerging markets, versus IVV's US large-cap.
- Which is more concentrated, IVV or VWO?
- IVV's top 10 holdings are 59% of its listed weight; VWO's are 67%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.