VIG vs VXF: how much do they really overlap?
VIG (Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF, tracking the S&P US Dividend Growers) and VXF (Vanguard Extended Market ETF, tracking the S&P Completion) overlap by roughly 0% by weight. 0 of VIG's top 10 holdings also appear in VXF. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 217 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 VIG and VXF. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in VIG | in VXF |
|---|
Only in VIG
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF — US dividend-growth. Its biggest holdings that VXF doesn’t have:
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 5.41% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 4.57% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 4.27% |
| 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% |
Only in VXF
Vanguard Extended Market ETF — US mid/small completion. Its biggest holdings that VIG doesn’t have:
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | 2.11% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. | 1.03% |
| NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A | 0.90% |
| BE Bloom Energy Corp. Class A | 0.87% |
| RKLB Rocket Lab Corp. | 0.80% |
| FLEX Flex Ltd. | 0.65% |
| MSTR MicroStrategy Inc. Class A | 0.59% |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | 0.57% |
So — essentially different. Should you hold both?
VIG and VXF hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant. Held together they genuinely broaden your exposure — a 50/50 blend reaches ~217 effective positions (grade A), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — VIG: May 31, 2026 (Vanguard); VXF: 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 VIG and VXF overlap?
- VIG and VXF 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 VIG's 10 largest holdings are also held by VXF. They share 0 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both VIG and VXF?
- 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 217 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VXF hold that VIG doesn't?
- VXF's largest holdings that VIG doesn't hold include MRVL, SNOW, NET, BE, RKLB. Its category is US mid/small completion, versus VIG's US dividend-growth.
- Which is more concentrated, VIG or VXF?
- VIG's top 10 holdings are 45% of its listed weight; VXF's are 42%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.