VOOG vs VTV: 21% overlap

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF and Vanguard Value ETF share 20.9% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

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
20.9%
VOOG expense ratio
0.07%
VTV expense ratio
0.03%

Top shared holdings

VOOG and VTV hold 58 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin VOOGin VTVΔ
MU3.7%4.9%1.2%
BRK-B2.6%2.9%0.4%
JPM1.6%3.1%1.5%
CAT1.4%1.8%0.5%
JNJ1.0%2.3%1.3%
RTX0.7%1.0%0.2%
CSCO0.7%1.6%0.9%
ABBV0.6%1.7%1.1%
GE0.6%0.7%0.2%
GS0.5%1.1%0.5%

Where VOOG and VTV 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.

SectorVOOGVTVΔ
Information Technology52.2%14.1%+38.2pp
Financials8.5%22.1%13.5pp
Communication Services15.2%2.9%+12.3pp
Health Care6.2%15.1%9.0pp
Industrials6.9%15.0%8.1pp
Consumer Staples1.1%8.7%7.6pp
Energy0.0%6.8%6.8pp
Consumer Discretionary8.5%3.9%+4.5pp

Δ is VOOG minus VTV, 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 VOOG
90 positions

78.8% of VOOG by weight, held in no part of VTV.

Only in VTV
251 positions

63.7% of VTV by weight, held in no part of VOOG.

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

Concentration and cost

VOOGVTV
Top 10 holdings56.4%23.6%
Positions held148309
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$7$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 VOOG and VTV overlap?

VOOG and VTV overlap 20.9% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 58 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (VOOG as of 2026-06-30, VTV as of 2026-06-30).

How is the overlap between VOOG and VTV calculated?

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

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 20.9% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does VOOG own that VTV doesn't?

VOOG holds 148 positions and VTV holds 309; 90 of VOOG's positions don't appear in VTV at all, and they are 78.8% of VOOG by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, VOOG as of 2026-06-30, VTV as of 2026-06-30. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.