SPYM vs VONG: 55% overlap

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF and Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF share 54.8% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

Different holding dates. These holdings were published 27 days apart — VONG as of 2026-06-30, 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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1.5Effective 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
54.8%
SPYM expense ratio
0.02%
VONG expense ratio
0.06%

Top shared holdings

SPYM and VONG hold 178 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin SPYMin VONGΔ
NVDA7.5%13.8%6.4%
AAPL7.8%6.7%1.0%
MSFT4.5%4.1%0.4%
GOOGL3.0%6.2%3.2%
AVGO2.8%5.2%2.4%
GOOG2.4%5.0%2.6%
META2.0%3.0%1.0%
MU1.6%3.9%2.3%
LLY1.5%2.8%1.4%
TSLA1.4%3.6%2.3%

Where SPYM and VONG 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.

SectorSPYMVONGΔ
Information Technology36.8%54.3%17.5pp
Financials12.6%4.3%+8.3pp
Communication Services9.5%16.1%6.6pp
Health Care9.2%5.4%+3.8pp
Consumer Staples4.7%1.3%+3.4pp
Energy3.3%0.4%+2.9pp
Utilities2.2%0.3%+1.9pp
Materials1.9%0.3%+1.6pp

Δ is SPYM minus VONG, 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 SPYM
328 positions

33.9% of SPYM by weight, held in no part of VONG.

Only in VONG
192 positions

6.4% of VONG by weight, held in no part of SPYM.

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

Concentration and cost

SPYMVONG
Top 10 holdings36.7%54.3%
Positions held507370
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$2$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 SPYM and VONG overlap?

SPYM and VONG overlap 54.8% by portfolio weight — substantial duplication if you hold both. They share 178 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (SPYM as of 2026-07-27, VONG as of 2026-06-30).

How is the overlap between SPYM and VONG calculated?

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

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 54.8% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does SPYM own that VONG doesn't?

SPYM holds 507 positions and VONG holds 370; 328 of SPYM's positions don't appear in VONG at all, and they are 33.9% of SPYM by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, SPYM as of 2026-07-27, VONG as of 2026-06-30. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.