VT vs VTV: how much do they really overlap?
VT (Vanguard Total World Stock ETF, tracking the FTSE Global All Cap) and VTV (Vanguard Value ETF, tracking the CRSP US Large Cap Value) overlap by roughly 22% by weight. 1 of VT's top 10 holdings also appear in VTV. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 219 equally-weighted bets (diversification grade A). In short, the two funds have only a small shared core — they mostly hold different things and are largely complementary.
The same companies, in both funds
These 20 holdings appear in both VT and VTV. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in VT | in VTV |
|---|---|---|
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 1.11% | 4.87% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 0.70% | 2.95% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.69% | 3.06% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.52% | 1.05% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.52% | 2.29% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.42% | 1.86% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 0.41% | 1.84% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.40% | 1.56% |
| ABBV AbbVie Inc. | 0.38% | 1.66% |
| GE General Electric Co. | 0.33% | 0.73% |
| UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 0.32% | 1.41% |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. | 0.32% | 1.36% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.30% | 1.32% |
| PG Procter & Gamble Co. | 0.29% | 1.28% |
| MRK Merck & Co. Inc. | 0.27% | 1.19% |
+ 5 more shared holdings.
Only in VT
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF — global all-cap. Its biggest holdings that VTV doesn’t have:
| NVDA NVIDIA Corp. | 3.99% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.57% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.37% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 1.97% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.80% |
| 2330 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 1.64% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.50% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.41% |
Only in VTV
Vanguard Value ETF — US large-cap value. Its biggest holdings that VT doesn’t have:
| IBM International Business Machines Corp. | 0.99% |
| RTX RTX Corp. | 0.96% |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | 0.95% |
| MS Morgan Stanley | 0.93% |
| LIN Linde plc | 0.90% |
| C Citigroup Inc. | 0.85% |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 0.73% |
| QCOM QUALCOMM Inc. | 0.73% |
So — mostly different. Should you hold both?
VT and VTV have only a small shared core — they mostly hold different things and are largely complementary. Held together they genuinely broaden your exposure — a 50/50 blend reaches ~219 effective positions (grade A), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — VT: Jun 30, 2026 (Vanguard); VTV: Jun 30, 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 →VT vs VTV — FAQ
- How much do VT and VTV overlap?
- VT and VTV overlap by approximately 22% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 1 of VT's 10 largest holdings are also held by VTV. They share 20 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both VT and VTV?
- Because they have only a small shared core — they mostly hold different things and are largely complementary, holding both is not redundant — each fund covers largely different holdings, so together they broaden your exposure. A 50/50 blend has an effective 219 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VTV hold that VT doesn't?
- VTV's largest holdings that VT doesn't hold include IBM, RTX, WFC, MS, LIN. Its category is US large-cap value, versus VT's global all-cap.
- Which is more concentrated, VT or VTV?
- VT's top 10 holdings are 55% of its listed weight; VTV's are 43%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.