VTI vs VXUS: how much do they really overlap?
VTI (Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, tracking the CRSP US Total Market) and VXUS (Vanguard Total International Stock ETF, tracking the FTSE Global All Cap ex US) overlap by roughly 0% by weight. 0 of VTI's top 10 holdings also appear in VXUS. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 201 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 VXUS. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in VTI | in VXUS |
|---|
Only in VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF — total US market. Its biggest holdings that VXUS doesn’t have:
| NVDA NVIDIA Corp. | 6.70% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 6.30% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 4.60% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 3.60% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 3.05% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 2.91% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 2.39% |
| META Facebook Inc. Class A | 1.90% |
Only in VXUS
Vanguard Total International Stock ETF — total ex-US. Its biggest holdings that VTI doesn’t have:
| 2330 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 3.95% |
| 005930 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 2.17% |
| 000660 SK hynix Inc | 1.85% |
| ASML ASML Holding NV | 1.38% |
| 700 Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 0.74% |
| HSBA HSBC Holdings plc | 0.71% |
| ROP Roche Holding AG | 0.65% |
| NOVN Novartis AG | 0.63% |
So — essentially different. Should you hold both?
VTI and VXUS hold almost none of the same securities — they are complementary, not redundant. Held together they genuinely broaden your exposure — a 50/50 blend reaches ~201 effective positions (grade A), because they hold largely different securities.
Holdings as of — VTI: May 31, 2026 (Vanguard); VXUS: 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 VTI and VXUS overlap?
- VTI and VXUS 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 VXUS. They share 0 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both VTI and VXUS?
- 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 201 positions and a A diversification grade.
- What does VXUS hold that VTI doesn't?
- VXUS's largest holdings that VTI doesn't hold include 2330, 005930, 000660, ASML, 700. Its category is total ex-US, versus VTI's total US market.
- Which is more concentrated, VTI or VXUS?
- VTI's top 10 holdings are 61% of its listed weight; VXUS's are 49%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.