Both funds come from Vanguard. VBR is a U.S. value equity ETF, while VT is an equity ETF. VBR and VT show limited overlap, with an estimated weighted overlap of 4.14%. They share 688 holdings in the loaded dataset, led by EME, JBL, and FLEX.
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Both funds come from Vanguard. VBR is a U.S. value equity ETF, while VT is an equity ETF. VBR and VT show limited overlap, with an estimated weighted overlap of 4.14%. They share 688 holdings in the loaded dataset, led by EME, JBL, and FLEX.
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Both funds come from Vanguard. VBR is a U.S. value equity ETF, while VT is an equity ETF. VBR and VT do not own much of the same portfolio weight. That usually means you are combining different parts of the market, with only a small amount of duplication through names like EME, JBL, and FLEX.
Both funds come from Vanguard. VBR is a U.S. value equity ETF, while VT is an equity ETF. VT is the broader fund, while VBR is the more targeted sleeve. VBR and VT are priced very similarly on expense ratio.
The overlap is driven by a relatively small set of large shared positions. The top three shared holdings account for 2.4% of the score, which means the result is heavily influenced by the biggest common weights rather than a long tail of tiny positions.
If you want the broader portfolio building block, VT is usually the wider choice. If you want the more focused tilt, VBR is the narrower expression. VBR and VT are priced very similarly on expense ratio.
Concentration
The top three shared holdings explain 2.4% of the full overlap score.
That helps show whether the score comes from a handful of giant shared positions or from a broader mix of common holdings.
Shared Sector Tilt
Sector tags are not consistently available for the biggest shared positions in this dataset, so this comparison leans more on the specific holdings than on sector labels.
These are the holdings contributing the most to the overlap score between VBR and VT.
| Holding | Name | VBR Wt. | VT Wt. | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EME | EMCOR Group Inc | 0.40% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| JBL | Jabil Inc | 0.65% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| FLEX | Flex Ltd | 0.58% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| NRG | NRG Energy Inc | 0.75% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| STLD | Steel Dynamics Inc | 0.30% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| Q | Qnity Electronics Inc | 0.29% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| TPR | Tapestry Inc | 0.69% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| ATO | Atmos Energy Corp | 0.74% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| DOW | Dow Inc | 0.36% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| HUBB | Hubbell Inc | 0.16% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Both funds come from Vanguard. VBR is a U.S. value equity ETF, while VT is an equity ETF. The overlap exists because both funds allocate meaningful weight to the same holdings. In this dataset, the biggest shared drivers are EME, JBL, and FLEX, which appear in both portfolios and push the overlap score higher.
Holding both VBR and VT can make sense if you want exposure to different sleeves of the market. The overlap is small enough that both funds may still improve diversification.
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A straightforward approach used by portfolio analysts.
For every stock that appears in both ETFs, we take the smaller of the two weights. Adding up all those minimums gives the total overlap percentage. A score of 100% means the two ETFs hold the exact same stocks in the same proportions.
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