VOOG vs VTI: how much do they really overlap?
VOOG (Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF, tracking the S&P 500 Growth) and VTI (Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, tracking the CRSP US Total Market) overlap by roughly 88% by weight. 10 of VOOG's top 10 holdings also appear in VTI. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 33 equally-weighted bets (diversification grade B). In short, the two funds hold nearly the same stocks in nearly the same proportions — owning both is largely redundant.
The same companies, in both funds
These 36 holdings appear in both VOOG and VTI. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in VOOG | in VTI |
|---|---|---|
| NVDA NVIDIA Corp. | 14.26% | 6.70% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 6.37% | 6.30% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 9.29% | 4.60% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 3.89% | 3.60% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 6.15% | 3.05% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 5.89% | 2.91% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 4.89% | 2.39% |
| META Facebook Inc. Class A | 3.84% | 1.90% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 2.11% | 1.69% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 3.04% | 1.50% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 2.43% | 1.29% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 2.42% | 1.17% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | 2.34% | 1.16% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.43% | 1.04% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.89% | 0.75% |
+ 21 more shared holdings.
Only in VOOG
Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF — US large-cap growth. Its biggest holdings that VTI doesn’t have:
| CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.51% |
| APH Amphenol Corp. Class A | 0.51% |
| APP AppLovin Corp. Class A | 0.46% |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | 0.46% |
| ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. | 0.42% |
| UBER Uber Technologies Inc. | 0.40% |
| WELL Welltower Inc. | 0.40% |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 0.38% |
Only in VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF — total US market. Its biggest holdings that VOOG doesn’t have:
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.83% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.70% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.63% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.58% |
| CVX Chevron Corp. | 0.48% |
| UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 0.47% |
| PG Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.46% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | 0.44% |
So — nearly identical. Should you hold both?
VOOG and VTI hold nearly the same stocks in nearly the same proportions — owning both is largely redundant. If you already hold VOOG, adding VTI mostly increases your bet on the names they share rather than spreading it — a 50/50 blend still behaves like only ~33 equal positions, with the top 10 alone at 47% and the Magnificent Seven at 41%.
Holdings as of — VOOG: May 31, 2026 (Vanguard); VTI: 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 →VOOG vs VTI — FAQ
- How much do VOOG and VTI overlap?
- VOOG and VTI overlap by approximately 88% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 10 of VOOG's 10 largest holdings are also held by VTI. They share 36 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both VOOG and VTI?
- Because they hold nearly the same stocks in nearly the same proportions — owning both is largely redundant, holding both is largely redundant — you mostly duplicate the same megacaps and concentrate rather than diversify. A 50/50 blend has an effective 33 positions and a B diversification grade.
- What does VTI hold that VOOG doesn't?
- VTI's largest holdings that VOOG doesn't hold include XOM, WMT, INTC, COST, CVX. Its category is total US market, versus VOOG's US large-cap growth.
- Which is more concentrated, VOOG or VTI?
- VOOG's top 10 holdings are 67% of its listed weight; VTI's are 61%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.