VUG vs VV: how much do they really overlap?
VUG (Vanguard Growth ETF, tracking the CRSP US Large Cap Growth) and VV (Vanguard Large-Cap ETF, tracking the CRSP US Large Cap) overlap by roughly 75% by weight. 10 of VUG's top 10 holdings also appear in VV. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 28 equally-weighted bets (diversification grade C). In short, the two funds share most of their weight in the same names; the second fund adds only modest differentiation.
The same companies, in both funds
These 25 holdings appear in both VUG and VV. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in VUG | in VV |
|---|---|---|
| NVDA NVIDIA Corp. | 13.10% | 7.65% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 12.32% | 7.19% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 8.99% | 5.25% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 4.85% | 4.10% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 5.95% | 3.47% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 5.17% | 3.32% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C | 4.68% | 2.73% |
| META Facebook Inc. Class A | 3.73% | 2.17% |
| TSLA Tesla Inc. | 3.31% | 1.92% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 2.53% | 1.47% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | 2.30% | 1.32% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 1.45% | 0.80% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corp. | 1.15% | 0.67% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corp. | 1.09% | 0.62% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 1.07% | 0.62% |
+ 10 more shared holdings.
Only in VUG
Vanguard Growth ETF — US large-cap growth. Its biggest holdings that VV doesn’t have:
| STX Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 0.55% |
| MCD McDonald's Corp. | 0.54% |
| MRVL Marvell Technology Inc. | 0.51% |
| APH Amphenol Corp. Class A | 0.51% |
| BA Boeing Co. | 0.50% |
| CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.49% |
| TJX TJX Cos. Inc. | 0.48% |
| ANET Arista Networks Inc. | 0.47% |
Only in VV
Vanguard Large-Cap ETF — US large-cap. Its biggest holdings that VUG doesn’t have:
| MU Micron Technology Inc. | 1.71% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 1.31% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.19% |
| XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. | 0.95% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 0.85% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 0.80% |
| INTC Intel Corp. | 0.72% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. | 0.67% |
So — heavily overlapping. Should you hold both?
VUG and VV share most of their weight in the same names; the second fund adds only modest differentiation. If you already hold VUG, adding VV mostly increases your bet on the names they share rather than spreading it — a 50/50 blend still behaves like only ~28 equal positions, with the top 10 alone at 52% and the Magnificent Seven at 46%.
Holdings as of — VUG: May 31, 2026 (Vanguard); VV: 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 VUG and VV overlap?
- VUG and VV overlap by approximately 75% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 10 of VUG's 10 largest holdings are also held by VV. They share 25 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both VUG and VV?
- Because they share most of their weight in the same names; the second fund adds only modest differentiation, holding both is largely redundant — you mostly duplicate the same megacaps and concentrate rather than diversify. A 50/50 blend has an effective 28 positions and a C diversification grade.
- What does VV hold that VUG doesn't?
- VV's largest holdings that VUG doesn't hold include MU, BRK.B, JPM, XOM, JNJ. Its category is US large-cap, versus VUG's US large-cap growth.
- Which is more concentrated, VUG or VV?
- VUG's top 10 holdings are 73% of its listed weight; VV's are 61%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.