DIA vs SWPPX: 28% overlap

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF and Schwab S&P 500 Index share 28.5% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

Different holding dates. These holdings were published about 3 months apart — SWPPX as of 2026-04-30, the rest through 2026-07-23. Each fund is compared using its most recent file, so any trading in between shows up as a difference.

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1.7Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 1.7. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
28.5%
DIA expense ratio
0.16%
SWPPX expense ratio
0.02%

Top shared holdings

DIA and SWPPX hold 30 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin DIAin SWPPXΔ
MSFT4.4%4.9%0.5%
AAPL3.7%6.4%2.7%
GOOGL3.6%3.6%0.0%
AMZN2.7%4.2%1.5%
NVDA2.4%7.8%5.4%
JPM4.0%1.4%2.7%
WMT1.2%0.9%0.3%
V4.0%0.9%3.1%
JNJ3.0%0.9%2.1%
CAT10.3%0.7%9.6%

Where DIA and SWPPX differ

Sector weights as a share of each fund, ordered by the size of the gap rather than the size of the sector — two funds that overlap heavily still usually diverge somewhere.

SectorDIASWPPXΔ
Information Technology15.9%34.2%18.3pp
Financials28.6%11.5%+17.1pp
Industrials17.5%8.1%+9.3pp
Communication Services4.7%11.0%6.3pp
Health Care13.6%8.3%+5.4pp
Unclassified0.0%2.8%2.8pp
Utilities0.0%2.3%2.3pp
Materials3.6%1.3%+2.3pp

Δ is DIA minus SWPPX, in percentage points. Sector data is not published by every issuer, so “Unclassified” is a real category rather than a gap in the table.

What each fund holds alone

Only in DIA
0 positions

0.0% of DIA by weight, held in no part of SWPPX.

Only in SWPPX
472 positions

61.0% of SWPPX by weight, held in no part of DIA.

A large count with a small weight is the usual shape: the positions one fund adds are typically its smallest ones.

Concentration and cost

DIASWPPX
Top 10 holdings56.2%38.3%
Positions held31503
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$16$2

Cost is the expense ratio applied to $10,000; it excludes any brokerage commission, bid-ask spread or tax consequence. Figures are facts about the funds, not a suggestion about which to hold.

Frequently asked

How much do DIA and SWPPX overlap?

DIA and SWPPX overlap 28.5% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 30 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (DIA as of 2026-07-23, SWPPX as of 2026-04-30).

How is the overlap between DIA and SWPPX calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If DIA holds a stock at 6% and SWPPX holds the same stock at 4%, 4% counts as shared. The result is bounded between 0% and 100%, and it is computed after looking through any fund-of-funds to the underlying holdings.

Is it redundant to hold both DIA and SWPPX?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 28.5% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does DIA own that SWPPX doesn't?

DIA holds 31 positions and SWPPX holds 503; 0 of DIA's positions don't appear in SWPPX at all, and they are 0.0% of DIA by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, DIA as of 2026-07-23, SWPPX as of 2026-04-30. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.