VUG ETF Profile
VUG is a U.S. growth equity ETF from Vanguard. Its largest disclosed positions include NVDA, AAPL, and MSFT, and the top three holdings account for 34.33% of portfolio weight shown here. On ETF Overlap Checker, it currently connects to 61 comparison pages.
Issuer
Vanguard
Asset Class
Large Cap Equity
Holdings
150
Compare Pages
61
About VUG
Seeks to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index.Provides a convenient way to match the performance of many of the nation’s largest growth stocks.Follows a passively managed, full-replication approach.With respect to 75% of its total assets, the fund may not: (1) purchase more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer or (2) purchase securities of any issuer if, as a result, more than 5% of the fund’s total assets would be invested in that issuer’s securities; except as may be necessary to approximate the composition of its target index. This limitation does not apply to obligations of the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities.
- VUG has a fairly diversified holdings footprint, with 150 positions in the latest imported dataset.
- The largest disclosed position is NVDA at 13.23% of the portfolio.
- The top three disclosed holdings make up 34.33% of the portfolio, and the top ten add up to 64.65%.
- Sector labels are limited in the visible top holdings, so the biggest positions matter more than sector buckets here.
- VUG currently appears in 61 active ETF comparison pages on this site.
Data And Coverage
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- AUM
- $350B
- Inception date
- Jan 26, 2004
- Holdings updated
- Mar 12, 2026
- Data source
- Financial Modeling Prep
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What Stands Out About VUG
Portfolio Shape
The disclosed top holdings suggest a more concentrated portfolio than a plain broad-market fund. NVDA, AAPL, and MSFT account for much of the visible weight, with the top three at 34.33% and the top ten at 64.65%. Sector labels are limited in the visible top holdings, so the concentration read is driven mainly by the largest names themselves.
What Kind Of Overlap To Expect
VUG should show the most meaningful overlap with adjacent style, factor, or dividend funds that own similar large positions. Comparisons against broader market or international ETFs will usually look more differentiated. That makes overlap checks useful before stacking multiple factor tilts that may still share the same core names.
When Investors Compare It
On this site, investors often compare VUG with VOO, VTI, and QQQ. Those matchups usually answer a simple question: does adding this fund create a different sleeve, or does it mostly duplicate exposure you already own? VUG currently connects to 61 live comparison pages.
Holdings Concentration Snapshot
Concentration
- Largest disclosed holding
- 13.23%
- Top 3 holdings
- 34.33%
- Top 10 holdings
- 64.65%
- Total holdings
- 150
These numbers help show whether VUG behaves more like a broad portfolio building block or a fund where the biggest positions dominate the ride.
Visible Sector Mix
Sector labels are limited in the visible top holdings for VUG, so the strongest signal here is still the size of the largest positions themselves.
Top Holdings
These holdings help explain how VUG overlaps with other funds. The top ten disclosed positions represent 64.65% of the portfolio shown here.
| Holding | Name | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | N/A | 13.23% |
| AAPL | Apple Inc | N/A | 11.50% |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp | N/A | 9.60% |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | N/A | 5.90% |
| AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | N/A | 4.81% |
| META | Meta Platforms Inc | N/A | 4.69% |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc | N/A | 4.67% |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc | N/A | 3.92% |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc | N/A | 3.66% |
| LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | N/A | 2.66% |
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