DIA vs VTTSX: 16% overlap

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF and Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 share 16.0% 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 4 months apart — VTTSX as of 2026-03-31, 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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1.8Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 1.8. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
16.0%
DIA expense ratio
0.16%
VTTSX expense ratio
0.08%

Top shared holdings

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

Holdingin DIAin VTTSXΔ
AAPL3.7%3.1%0.6%
NVDA2.4%3.3%0.9%
MSFT4.4%2.0%2.4%
AMZN2.7%1.7%1.0%
GOOGL3.6%1.5%2.1%
JPM4.0%0.6%3.4%
JNJ3.0%0.4%2.5%
V4.0%0.4%3.6%
WMT1.2%0.4%0.9%
CAT10.3%0.4%9.9%

Where DIA and VTTSX 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.

SectorDIAVTTSXΔ
Financials28.6%14.1%+14.5pp
Information Technology15.9%26.3%10.3pp
Industrials17.5%10.6%+6.9pp
Health Care13.6%7.0%+6.6pp
Unclassified0.0%6.1%6.1pp
Treasuries0.0%3.3%3.3pp
Utilities0.0%2.4%2.4pp
Consumer Discretionary9.9%7.6%+2.3pp

Δ is DIA minus VTTSX, 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 VTTSX.

Only in VTTSX
16,651 positions

83.1% of VTTSX 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

DIAVTTSX
Top 10 holdings56.2%19.3%
Positions held316
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$16$8

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 VTTSX overlap?

DIA and VTTSX overlap 16.0% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 30 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (DIA as of 2026-07-23, VTTSX as of 2026-03-31).

How is the overlap between DIA and VTTSX 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 VTTSX 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 VTTSX?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 16.0% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does DIA own that VTTSX doesn't?

DIA holds 31 positions and VTTSX holds 6; 0 of DIA's positions don't appear in VTTSX 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, VTTSX as of 2026-03-31. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.