VUG vs VWO ETF holdings comparison
Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO)
VUG and VWO overlap by 0% by portfolio weight. The remaining 100.0 percentage points are not counted as shared holdings weight by this calculation. They share 0 stocks;
The holdings dates differ. This can slightly understate overlap for funds tracking similar indexes.
What this means
VUG and VWO share a smaller portion of their portfolio weight in the same underlying stocks. OverlapCheck labels this "low 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
No shared stocks were found in the normalized issuer holdings used for this comparison. That result applies only to the holdings files and dates shown above.
Holdings only in VUG or VWO
VUG has 152 fund-only positions representing approximately 99.9 percentage points of reported exposure; VWO has 4925 fund-only positions representing approximately 97.8 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 VUG
| Company | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | NVDA | 13.31% |
| Apple Inc | AAPL | 12.32% |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 9.09% |
| Alphabet Inc | GOOGL | 5.54% |
| Amazon.com Inc | AMZN | 4.59% |
| Broadcom Inc | AVGO | 4.40% |
| Alphabet Inc | GOOG | 4.39% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | META | 4.15% |
| Tesla Inc | TSLA | 3.47% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | LLY | 2.60% |
Largest positions only in VWO
| Company | Ticker | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | N/A | 14.61% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | N/A | 3.26% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | N/A | 2.55% |
| Delta Electronics Inc | N/A | 1.17% |
| MediaTek Inc | N/A | 1.06% |
| Reliance Industries Ltd | N/A | 0.90% |
| China Construction Bank Corp | N/A | 0.85% |
| HDFC Bank Ltd | N/A | 0.80% |
| Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | N/A | 0.74% |
| PDD Holdings Inc | PDD | 0.66% |
FAQ
How much do VUG and VWO overlap?
VUG and VWO have 0% overlap by weight, sharing 0 equity positions (out of 152 in VUG and 4925 in VWO). The official holdings files used are dated 2026-03-31 for VUG and 2026-04-30 for VWO.
What does 0% overlap mean?
VUG and VWO share a smaller portion of their portfolio weight in the same underlying stocks. OverlapCheck labels this "low 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 VUG and VWO both hold?
VUG and VWO have no shared stock positions in the normalized issuer holdings used for this comparison.
What holdings are different between VUG and VWO?
VUG has 152 positions not found in VWO, while VWO has 4925 positions not found in VUG. The largest fund-only positions and their weights are shown on this page.