PRWCX vs VT: 21% overlap

T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation and Vanguard Total World Stock ETF share 21.2% 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 — PRWCX as of 2026-03-31, 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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1.8Effective 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
21.2%
PRWCX expense ratio
0.72%
VT expense ratio
0.06%

Top shared holdings

PRWCX and VT hold 47 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin PRWCXin VTΔ
AAPL3.6%3.6%0.0%
NVDA3.0%4.0%1.0%
MSFT4.2%2.4%1.9%
AMZN4.8%2.0%2.8%
GOOGL2.3%1.8%0.4%
AVGO1.8%1.5%0.2%
META3.7%1.1%2.6%
LLY0.8%0.8%0.0%
AMD1.4%0.8%0.5%
JPM0.7%0.7%0.0%

Where PRWCX and VT 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.

SectorPRWCXVTΔ
Treasuries18.2%0.0%+18.2pp
Unclassified20.3%3.8%+16.5pp
Financials2.4%14.9%12.5pp
Information Technology17.8%30.1%12.3pp
Industrials0.9%11.5%10.6pp
Cash & Other5.0%0.0%+5.0pp
Utilities7.1%2.5%+4.6pp
Health Care12.2%7.7%+4.5pp

Δ is PRWCX minus VT, 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 PRWCX
103 positions

42.0% of PRWCX by weight, held in no part of VT.

Only in VT
9,553 positions

76.5% of VT by weight, held in no part of PRWCX.

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

Concentration and cost

PRWCXVT
Top 10 holdings46.0%20.5%
Positions held1519,600
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$72$6

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 PRWCX and VT overlap?

PRWCX and VT overlap 21.2% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 47 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (PRWCX as of 2026-03-31, VT as of 2026-06-30).

How is the overlap between PRWCX and VT calculated?

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

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 21.2% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does PRWCX own that VT doesn't?

PRWCX holds 151 positions and VT holds 9,600; 103 of PRWCX's positions don't appear in VT at all, and they are 42.0% of PRWCX by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, PRWCX as of 2026-03-31, VT as of 2026-06-30. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.