QQQM vs VIG: how much do they really overlap?
QQQM (Invesco Nasdaq-100 ETF, tracking the Nasdaq-100) and VIG (Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF, tracking the S&P US Dividend Growers) overlap by roughly 32% by weight. 2 of QQQM's top 10 holdings also appear in VIG. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 65 equally-weighted bets (diversification grade A). 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 10 holdings appear in both QQQM and VIG. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in QQQM | in VIG |
|---|---|---|
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 6.59% | 4.57% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corporation | 4.36% | 4.27% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 2.81% | 5.41% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 2.46% | 2.23% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. | 2.04% | 2.09% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corporation | 1.85% | 1.87% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corporation | 2.26% | 1.75% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated | 1.14% | 1.22% |
| KLAC KLA Corporation | 1.60% | 1.11% |
| LIN Linde plc | 1.04% | 1.02% |
Only in QQQM
Invesco Nasdaq-100 ETF — Nasdaq-100. Its biggest holdings that VIG doesn’t have:
| NVDA NVIDIA Corporation | 7.52% |
| MU Micron Technology, Inc. | 5.68% |
| AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.12% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 3.87% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. | 3.28% |
| TSLA Tesla, Inc. | 3.28% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. | 3.05% |
| INTC Intel Corporation | 2.91% |
Only in VIG
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF — US dividend-growth. Its biggest holdings that QQQM 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% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 1.79% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 1.77% |
| ABBV AbbVie Inc. | 1.69% |
So — partly overlapping. Should you hold both?
QQQM 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 ~65 effective positions (grade A).
Holdings as of — QQQM: Jun 29, 2026 (Invesco); 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 QQQM and VIG overlap?
- QQQM and VIG overlap by approximately 32% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 2 of QQQM's 10 largest holdings are also held by VIG. They share 10 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both QQQM 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 65 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VIG hold that QQQM doesn't?
- VIG's largest holdings that QQQM doesn't hold include LLY, JPM, XOM, JNJ, V. Its category is US dividend-growth, versus QQQM's Nasdaq-100.
- Which is more concentrated, QQQM or VIG?
- QQQM's top 10 holdings are 63% of its listed weight; VIG's are 45%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.