IWDA vs VUAA ETF holdings comparison
iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF (USD Acc) (IWDA) · Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD Acc) (VUAA)
IWDA and VUAA overlap by 69.2% by portfolio weight. The remaining 30.8 percentage points are not counted as shared holdings weight by this calculation. They share 434 stocks; the largest shared position is Nvidia (NVDA), contributing 5.53% to the overlap.
What this means
IWDA and VUAA share a material portion of their portfolio weight in the same underlying stocks. OverlapCheck labels this "moderate holdings overlap" using house ranges of 70% or more, 30% to under 70%, and under 30%. These descriptive ranges are not industry standards or investment guidance. Holdings overlap does not measure correlation, volatility, geographic or factor exposure, fees, or suitability.
Overlap by weight sums the smaller of the two funds' weights for every stock they both hold. It answers "how much of my money is in the same stocks either way?" See methodology.
This comparison covers normalized equity positions represented in the dataset. Cash, derivatives, options, structured notes, and other non-equity assets are not included, so the result is not a complete comparison of every asset or risk in either fund.
Top shared holdings
| Company | Ticker | in IWDA | in VUAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia | NVDA | 5.53% | 8.08% |
| Apple | AAPL | 5.07% | 7.03% |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 3.90% | 5.69% |
| Amazon.Com Inc | AMZN | 2.74% | 3.84% |
| Alphabet Class A | GOOGL | 2.17% | 3.01% |
| Broadcom Inc | AVGO | 1.82% | 2.65% |
| Alphabet Class C | GOOG | 1.71% | 2.39% |
| Meta Platforms Class A | META | 1.37% | 1.90% |
| Micron Technology | MU | 1.18% | 1.63% |
| Tesla Inc | TSLA | 1.15% | 1.57% |
Holdings only in IWDA or VUAA
IWDA has 777 fund-only positions representing approximately 30.7 percentage points of reported exposure; VUAA has 69 fund-only positions representing approximately 2.7 percentage points of reported exposure. These are positions whose normalized security identifiers appear in one issuer file but not the other.
Largest positions only in IWDA
| Company | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | BRKB | 0.77% |
| Asml Holding | ASML | 0.71% |
| Hsbc Holdings Plc | HSBA | 0.38% |
| Roche Ps Par Ag | ROP | 0.33% |
| Royal Bank Of Canada | RY | 0.31% |
| Novartis Ag | NOVN | 0.30% |
| Shell Plc | SHEL | 0.28% |
| Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group | 8306 | 0.27% |
| Astrazeneca Plc | AZN | 0.27% |
| Nestle Sa | NESN | 0.27% |
Largest positions only in VUAA
| Company | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc | BRK/B | 1.40% |
| Moderna Inc | MRNA | 0.07% |
| Vivmark Residential | VMRK | 0.07% |
| Amcor PLC | AMCR | 0.03% |
| KeyCorp | KEY | 0.03% |
| Viatris Inc | VTRS | 0.03% |
| Southwest Airlines Co | LUV | 0.03% |
| Zebra Technologies Corp | ZBRA | 0.03% |
| Albemarle Corp | ALB | 0.02% |
| Akamai Technologies Inc | AKAM | 0.02% |
FAQ
How much do IWDA and VUAA overlap?
IWDA and VUAA have 69.2% overlap by weight, sharing 434 equity positions (out of 1211 in IWDA and 503 in VUAA). The official holdings files used are dated 2026-08-31 for IWDA and 2026-08-31 for VUAA.
What does 69.2% overlap mean?
IWDA and VUAA share a material portion of their portfolio weight in the same underlying stocks. OverlapCheck labels this "moderate holdings overlap" using house ranges of 70% or more, 30% to under 70%, and under 30%. These descriptive ranges are not industry standards or investment guidance. Holdings overlap does not measure correlation, volatility, geographic or factor exposure, fees, or suitability.
Which stocks do IWDA and VUAA both hold?
The largest shared positions are Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.Com Inc, Alphabet Class A. The top shared holdings with weights in each fund are shown on this page.
What holdings are different between IWDA and VUAA?
IWDA has 777 positions not found in VUAA, while VUAA has 69 positions not found in IWDA. The largest fund-only positions and their weights are shown on this page.
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