VT vs VXF: how much do they really overlap?
VT (Vanguard Total World Stock ETF, tracking the FTSE Global All Cap) and VXF (Vanguard Extended Market ETF, tracking the S&P Completion) overlap by roughly 0% by weight. 0 of VT's top 10 holdings also appear in VXF. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 509 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 VT and VXF. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in VT | in VXF |
|---|
Only in VT
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF — global all-cap. Its biggest holdings that VXF doesn’t have:
| NVDA NVIDIA Corp. | 4.17% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 3.79% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 2.82% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 2.19% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.89% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 1.74% |
| 2330 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 1.52% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.48% |
Only in VXF
Vanguard Extended Market ETF — US mid/small completion. Its biggest holdings that VT 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?
VT 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 ~509 effective positions (grade A), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — VT: 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 VT and VXF overlap?
- VT 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 VT'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 VT 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 509 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VXF hold that VT doesn't?
- VXF's largest holdings that VT doesn't hold include MRVL, SNOW, NET, BE, RKLB. Its category is US mid/small completion, versus VT's global all-cap.
- Which is more concentrated, VT or VXF?
- VT's top 10 holdings are 58% of its listed weight; VXF's are 42%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.