ITOT vs VFMO: 24% overlap

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor ETF share 24.1% 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 — VFMO as of 2026-03-31, the rest through 2026-07-27. 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
24.1%
ITOT expense ratio
0.03%
VFMO expense ratio
0.13%

Top shared holdings

ITOT and VFMO hold 610 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin ITOTin VFMOΔ
AMD1.1%1.0%0.1%
GOOGL2.7%0.9%1.8%
JNJ0.9%1.0%0.1%
MU1.4%0.8%0.6%
AVGO2.5%0.6%1.9%
INTC0.6%0.8%0.2%
GOOG2.1%0.6%1.6%
AMAT0.6%0.9%0.3%
CAT0.6%0.8%0.3%
GE0.5%0.6%0.1%

Where ITOT and VFMO 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.

SectorITOTVFMOΔ
Information Technology34.5%17.0%+17.5pp
Industrials10.2%24.4%14.3pp
Health Care9.8%22.3%12.5pp
Financials12.9%6.3%+6.6pp
Communication Services8.9%3.4%+5.5pp
Energy3.5%7.7%4.2pp
Materials2.1%6.2%4.1pp
Real Estate2.3%0.1%+2.2pp

Δ is ITOT minus VFMO, 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 ITOT
1,827 positions

64.5% of ITOT by weight, held in no part of VFMO.

Only in VFMO
62 positions

6.4% of VFMO by weight, held in no part of ITOT.

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

Concentration and cost

ITOTVFMO
Top 10 holdings32.5%10.2%
Positions held2,438672
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$3$13

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 ITOT and VFMO overlap?

ITOT and VFMO overlap 24.1% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 610 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (ITOT as of 2026-07-27, VFMO as of 2026-03-31).

How is the overlap between ITOT and VFMO calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If ITOT holds a stock at 6% and VFMO 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 ITOT and VFMO?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 24.1% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does ITOT own that VFMO doesn't?

ITOT holds 2,438 positions and VFMO holds 672; 1,827 of ITOT's positions don't appear in VFMO at all, and they are 64.5% of ITOT by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, ITOT as of 2026-07-27, VFMO as of 2026-03-31. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.