VUAA vs VUG ETF holdings comparison
Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD Acc) (VUAA) · Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)
VUAA and VUG overlap by 57.1% by portfolio weight. The remaining 42.9 percentage points are not counted as shared holdings weight by this calculation. They share 121 stocks; the largest shared position is NVIDIA Corp (NVDA), contributing 7.54% to the overlap.
The holdings dates differ. This can slightly understate overlap for funds tracking similar indexes.
What this means
VUAA and VUG 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 VUAA | in VUG |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | NVDA | 7.54% | 12.63% |
| Apple Inc | AAPL | 7.04% | 11.67% |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 5.35% | 7.61% |
| Amazon.com Inc | AMZN | 4.12% | 4.47% |
| Alphabet Inc | GOOGL | 3.24% | 5.76% |
| Broadcom Inc | AVGO | 2.86% | 4.28% |
| Alphabet Inc | GOOG | 2.61% | 4.53% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | META | 1.90% | 3.41% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | LLY | 1.41% | 2.81% |
| Tesla Inc | TSLA | 1.36% | 3.27% |
Holdings only in VUAA or VUG
VUAA has 382 fund-only positions representing approximately 42.6 percentage points of reported exposure; VUG has 25 fund-only positions representing approximately 2.6 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 VUAA
| Company | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | JPM | 1.46% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc | BRK/B | 1.45% |
| Micron Technology Inc | MU | 1.44% |
| ExxonMobil Holdings Corp | XOM | 1.00% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 0.96% |
| Walmart Inc | WMT | 0.76% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 0.71% |
| AbbVie Inc | ABBV | 0.69% |
| Bank of America Corp | BAC | 0.63% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 0.58% |
Largest positions only in VUG
| Company | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp | SPCX | 0.29% |
| Snowflake Inc | SNOW | 0.25% |
| Bloom Energy Corp | BE | 0.24% |
| Cloudflare Inc | NET | 0.23% |
| Rocket Lab Corp | RKLB | 0.18% |
| Waste Connections Inc | WCN | 0.14% |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc | ALNY | 0.13% |
| Astera Labs Inc | ALAB | 0.12% |
| Coreweave Inc | CRWV | 0.12% |
| ROBLOX Corp | RBLX | 0.12% |
FAQ
How much do VUAA and VUG overlap?
VUAA and VUG have 57.1% overlap by weight, sharing 121 equity positions (out of 503 in VUAA and 146 in VUG). The official holdings files used are dated 2026-07-31 for VUAA and 2026-06-30 for VUG.
What does 57.1% overlap mean?
VUAA and VUG 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 VUAA and VUG both hold?
The largest shared positions are NVIDIA Corp, Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Amazon.com Inc, Alphabet Inc. The top shared holdings with weights in each fund are shown on this page.
What holdings are different between VUAA and VUG?
VUAA has 382 positions not found in VUG, while VUG has 25 positions not found in VUAA. The largest fund-only positions and their weights are shown on this page.
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