VNQ vs VTV: how much do they really overlap?
VNQ (Vanguard Real Estate ETF, tracking the MSCI US IMI Real Estate 25/50) and VTV (Vanguard Value ETF, tracking the CRSP US Large Cap Value) overlap by roughly 0% by weight. 0 of VNQ's top 10 holdings also appear in VTV. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 74 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 VNQ and VTV. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in VNQ | in VTV |
|---|
Only in VNQ
Vanguard Real Estate ETF — US real estate. Its biggest holdings that VTV doesn’t have:
| VRTPX Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares | 14.54% |
| WELL Welltower Inc. | 7.68% |
| PLD Prologis Inc. | 7.17% |
| EQIX Equinix Inc. | 5.65% |
| AMT American Tower Corp. | 4.67% |
| SPG Simon Property Group Inc. | 3.57% |
| DLR Digital Realty Trust Inc. | 3.50% |
| O Realty Income Corp. | 3.04% |
Only in VTV
Vanguard Value ETF — US large-cap value. Its biggest holdings that VNQ doesn’t have:
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 4.17% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.88% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 2.82% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.31% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 2.07% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 1.93% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 1.75% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 1.63% |
So — essentially different. Should you hold both?
VNQ and VTV hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant. Held together they genuinely broaden your exposure — a 50/50 blend reaches ~74 effective positions (grade A), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — VNQ: May 31, 2026 (Vanguard); VTV: 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 VNQ and VTV overlap?
- VNQ and VTV 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 VNQ's 10 largest holdings are also held by VTV. They share 0 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both VNQ and VTV?
- 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 74 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VTV hold that VNQ doesn't?
- VTV's largest holdings that VNQ doesn't hold include MU, JPM, BRK.B, XOM, JNJ. Its category is US large-cap value, versus VNQ's US real estate.
- Which is more concentrated, VNQ or VTV?
- VNQ's top 10 holdings are 62% of its listed weight; VTV's are 41%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.