SPYM vs VTWNX: 18% overlap

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF and Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 share 18.0% 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 — VTWNX 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.

Hold both, 50/50
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
18.0%
SPYM expense ratio
0.02%
VTWNX expense ratio
0.08%

Top shared holdings

SPYM and VTWNX hold 502 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin SPYMin VTWNXΔ
NVDA7.9%1.3%6.7%
AAPL7.4%1.2%6.2%
MSFT4.4%0.8%3.7%
AMZN3.6%0.6%3.0%
GOOGL2.9%0.6%2.3%
AVGO2.9%0.5%2.4%
GOOG2.4%0.5%1.9%
MU1.8%0.4%1.4%
META2.1%0.3%1.7%
TSLA1.4%0.3%1.1%

Where SPYM and VTWNX 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.

SectorSPYMVTWNXΔ
Unclassified0.0%29.8%29.8pp
Information Technology37.5%10.0%+27.5pp
Treasuries0.0%17.1%17.1pp
MBS Pass-Through0.0%7.2%7.2pp
Communication Services9.3%2.3%+7.0pp
Health Care9.1%2.7%+6.5pp
Consumer Discretionary8.7%2.9%+5.8pp
Corporate — industrial & other0.0%5.5%5.5pp

Δ is SPYM minus VTWNX, 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
4 positions

0.1% of SPYM by weight, held in no part of VTWNX.

Only in VTWNX
16,181 positions

80.2% of VTWNX 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

SPYMVTWNX
Top 10 holdings36.9%44.9%
Positions held5077
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$2$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 SPYM and VTWNX overlap?

SPYM and VTWNX overlap 18.0% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 502 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (SPYM as of 2026-07-23, VTWNX as of 2026-03-31).

How is the overlap between SPYM and VTWNX 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 VTWNX 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 VTWNX?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 18.0% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does SPYM own that VTWNX doesn't?

SPYM holds 507 positions and VTWNX holds 7; 4 of SPYM's positions don't appear in VTWNX at all, and they are 0.1% of SPYM by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, SPYM as of 2026-07-23, VTWNX as of 2026-03-31. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.