MGK vs SCHB: 47% overlap

Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF and Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF share 46.7% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

Different holding dates. These holdings were published 30 days apart — SCHB as of 2026-05-31, the rest through 2026-06-30. Each fund is compared using its most recent file, so any trading in between shows up as a difference.

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1.5Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 1.5. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
46.7%
MGK expense ratio
0.05%
SCHB expense ratio
0.03%

Top shared holdings

MGK and SCHB hold 55 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin MGKin SCHBΔ
NVDA13.2%7.0%6.2%
AAPL12.1%6.3%5.9%
MSFT7.5%4.6%2.9%
AMZN4.4%3.6%0.8%
GOOGL5.9%3.0%2.9%
AVGO4.3%2.9%1.4%
GOOG4.6%2.4%2.2%
META4.1%1.9%2.2%
TSLA3.9%1.7%2.2%
LLY3.4%1.2%2.2%

Where MGK and SCHB 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.

SectorMGKSCHBΔ
Information Technology58.6%35.8%+22.8pp
Financials4.0%11.1%7.2pp
Communication Services16.2%9.6%+6.6pp
Industrials2.6%8.8%6.2pp
Consumer Staples0.4%4.3%3.9pp
Health Care4.9%8.4%3.5pp
Unclassified0.0%3.5%3.5pp
Energy0.0%3.2%3.2pp

Δ is MGK minus SCHB, 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 MGK
2 positions

1.0% of MGK by weight, held in no part of SCHB.

Only in SCHB
2,351 positions

53.3% of SCHB by weight, held in no part of MGK.

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

Concentration and cost

MGKSCHB
Top 10 holdings63.5%34.9%
Positions held572,407
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$5$3

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 MGK and SCHB overlap?

MGK and SCHB overlap 46.7% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 55 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (MGK as of 2026-06-30, SCHB as of 2026-05-31).

How is the overlap between MGK and SCHB calculated?

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

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 46.7% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does MGK own that SCHB doesn't?

MGK holds 57 positions and SCHB holds 2,407; 2 of MGK's positions don't appear in SCHB at all, and they are 1.0% of MGK by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, MGK as of 2026-06-30, SCHB as of 2026-05-31. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.