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 34.73% of portfolio weight shown here. On ETF Overlap Checker, it currently connects to 64 comparison pages.
Issuer
Vanguard
Asset Class
Large Cap Equity
Holdings
152
Compare Pages
64
This exchange-traded fund (ETF) is designed to mirror the investment performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index. It provides investors with a straightforward avenue to gain exposure to a broad spectrum of America's leading growth-oriented enterprises. The fund operates on a passively managed basis, utilizing a full-replication methodology to meticulously track its benchmark index. For approximately 75% of its total holdings, the fund adheres to strict concentration guidelines: it is generally prohibited from purchasing more than 10% of the voting shares of any single issuer or allowing its investment in any one issuer to exceed 5% of its overall assets. However, these limits may be adjusted if necessary to closely match the composition of its target index, and they do not apply to securities issued by the U.S. government or its associated agencies.
Review the methodology for the overlap formula and visit the ETF directory for the full set of indexed fund hubs.
Compare VUG with another ETF
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 34.73% and the top ten at 63.87%. Sector labels are limited in the visible top holdings, so the concentration read is driven mainly by the largest names themselves.
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.
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 64 live comparison pages.
Concentration
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.
These holdings help explain how VUG overlaps with other funds. The top ten disclosed positions represent 63.87% of the portfolio shown here.
| Holding | Name | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | N/A | 13.31% |
| AAPL | Apple Inc | N/A | 12.32% |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp | N/A | 9.09% |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | N/A | 5.54% |
| AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | N/A | 4.59% |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc | N/A | 4.40% |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc | N/A | 4.39% |
| META | Meta Platforms Inc | N/A | 4.15% |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc | N/A | 3.47% |
| LLY | Eli Lilly & Co | N/A | 2.60% |
Use these pages to see whether adding VUG changes your exposure or mostly duplicates positions you already own.