VGT vs VT: how much do they really overlap?
VGT (Vanguard Information Technology ETF, tracking the MSCI US IMI Info Tech 25/50) and VT (Vanguard Total World Stock ETF, tracking the FTSE Global All Cap) overlap by roughly 44% by weight. 10 of VGT's top 10 holdings also appear in VT. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 36 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 14 holdings appear in both VGT and VT. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in VGT | in VT |
|---|---|---|
| NVDA NVIDIA Corp. | 16.78% | 4.17% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 15.26% | 3.79% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 9.87% | 2.82% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 4.49% | 1.74% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 4.19% | 0.91% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | 3.20% | 0.70% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 1.95% | 0.43% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 1.85% | 0.40% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 1.55% | 0.34% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 1.45% | 0.32% |
| AMAT Applied Materials Inc. | 1.39% | 0.30% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 1.34% | 0.29% |
| TXN Texas Instruments Inc. | 1.10% | 0.23% |
| IBM International Business Machines Corp. | 1.08% | 0.23% |
Only in VGT
Vanguard Information Technology ETF — US tech sector. Its biggest holdings that VT doesn’t have:
| QCOM QUALCOMM Inc. | 1.07% |
| KLAC KLA Corp. | 1.00% |
| SNDK Sandisk Corp./DE | 0.98% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.92% |
| ADI Analog Devices Inc. | 0.81% |
| STX Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 0.78% |
| WDC Western Digital Corp. | 0.75% |
| CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.74% |
Only in VT
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF — global all-cap. Its biggest holdings that VGT doesn’t have:
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 2.19% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.89% |
| 2330 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 1.52% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.48% |
| META Facebook Inc. Class A | 1.16% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 1.04% |
| 005930 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 0.83% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 0.75% |
So — partly overlapping. Should you hold both?
VGT and VT 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 ~36 effective positions (grade B).
Holdings as of — VGT: May 31, 2026 (Vanguard); VT: 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.
See this for YOUR whole portfolio, free →VGT vs VT — FAQ
- How much do VGT and VT overlap?
- VGT and VT overlap by approximately 44% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 10 of VGT's 10 largest holdings are also held by VT. They share 14 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both VGT and VT?
- 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 (NVDA) while each fund still adds distinct exposure. A 50/50 blend has an effective 36 positions and a B diversification grade.
- What does VT hold that VGT doesn't?
- VT's largest holdings that VGT doesn't hold include AMZN, GOOGL, 2330, GOOG, META. Its category is global all-cap, versus VGT's US tech sector.
- Which is more concentrated, VGT or VT?
- VGT's top 10 holdings are 72% of its listed weight; VT's are 58%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.