VTI vs VXF: how much do they really overlap?
VTI (Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, tracking the CRSP US Total Market) and VXF (Vanguard Extended Market ETF, tracking the S&P Completion) overlap by roughly 0% by weight. 0 of VTI's top 10 holdings also appear in VXF. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 262 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 VTI and VXF. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in VTI | in VXF |
|---|
Only in VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF — total US market. Its biggest holdings that VXF doesn’t have:
| NVDA NVIDIA Corp. | 6.32% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 5.84% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 3.81% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 3.17% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 2.88% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 2.46% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 2.27% |
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 1.79% |
Only in VXF
Vanguard Extended Market ETF — US mid/small completion. Its biggest holdings that VTI doesn’t have:
| SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A | 1.14% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. | 0.99% |
| BE Bloom Energy Corp. Class A | 0.89% |
| NET Cloudflare Inc. Class A | 0.88% |
| ALAB Astera Labs Inc. | 0.73% |
| RKLB Rocket Lab Corp. | 0.58% |
| LNG Cheniere Energy Inc. | 0.56% |
| FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc./DE | 0.52% |
So — essentially different. Should you hold both?
VTI 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 ~262 effective positions (grade A), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — VTI: Jun 30, 2026 (Vanguard); VXF: 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.
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- How much do VTI and VXF overlap?
- VTI 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 VTI'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 VTI 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 262 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VXF hold that VTI doesn't?
- VXF's largest holdings that VTI doesn't hold include SPCX, SNOW, BE, NET, ALAB. Its category is US mid/small completion, versus VTI's total US market.
- Which is more concentrated, VTI or VXF?
- VTI's top 10 holdings are 58% of its listed weight; VXF's are 38%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.