VHT vs VIG overlap - what they share and where they differ

VHT and VIG share 17.7% of their weight across 26 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

VHT and VIG

17.7%

26 shared positions

VHT

VANGUARD HEALTH CARE INDEX FUND

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 396 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 51.9%·Holdings of VHT

VIG

VANGUARD DIVIDEND APPRECIATION INDEX FUND

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 330 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 33.4%·Holdings of VIG

Reported positions cover VHT 100%, VIG 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

VIG vs VHT side by side

VHTVANGUARD HEALTH CARE INDEX FUND

396

stock positions reported to the SEC

40.3% of its weight is in 370 names VIG does not hold

VIGVANGUARD DIVIDEND APPRECIATION INDEX FUND

330

stock positions reported to the SEC

81.9% of its weight is in 304 names VHT does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

VHT
VIG
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Healthcare
98.8%
17.8%
Technology
0.3%
25.8%
Financial Services
0.1%
21.5%
Consumer Defensive
0.0%
9.6%
Industrials
0.1%
9.4%
Basic Materials
0.0%
0.0%

The widest gap is Healthcare: VHT has 81.0 points more of it.

The figures side by side

VHTVIG
Filing dateMay 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026
Stock positions reported396330
Weight of the ten largest51.9%33.4%
Largest positionLLY 14.0%AVGO 4.6%
Held alone370 positions, 40.3%304 positions, 81.9%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn VHTIn VIGCounted
LLYEli Lilly & Co14.04%3.93%3.93%
JNJJohnson & Johnson8.47%2.67%2.67%
ABBVAbbVie Inc6.09%1.92%1.92%
UNHUnitedHealth Group Inc5.45%1.63%1.63%
MRKMerck & Co Inc4.66%1.39%1.39%
AMGNAmgen Inc2.87%0.90%0.90%
ABTAbbott Laboratories2.35%0.80%0.80%
GILDGilead Sciences Inc2.64%0.70%0.70%
DHRDanaher Corp1.84%0.53%0.53%
SYKStryker Corp1.66%0.49%0.49%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in VHT

TMOThermo Fisher Scientific Inc2.93%
ISRGIntuitive Surgical Inc2.38%
PFEPfizer Inc2.35%
BMYBristol-Myers Squibb Co1.84%
CVSCVS Health Corp1.83%
VRTXVertex Pharmaceuticals Inc1.80%
CICigna Group/The1.17%
BSXBoston Scientific Corp1.13%
REGNRegeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc1.00%
HCAHCA Healthcare Inc0.96%

Only in VIG

AVGOBroadcom Inc4.63%
AAPLApple Inc4.45%
MSFTMicrosoft Corp4.34%
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co4.07%
XOMExxonMobil Holdings Corp2.78%
VVisa Inc2.45%
WMTWalmart Inc2.11%
MAMastercard Inc2.00%
CSCOCisco Systems Inc1.98%
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp1.83%

Questions people ask

Is VHT the same as VIG?

17.7% of their weight sits in the same 26 holdings. VHT also reports TMO, ISRG, PFE, which the other does not. VIG also reports AVGO, AAPL, MSFT, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between VHT and VIG measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of VHT and 100% of VIG, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, VIG or VHT?

VHT reports 396 stock positions and VIG reports 330. 40.3% of VHT's weight sits in names VIG does not hold, and 81.9% of VIG's weight in names VHT does not hold. The ten largest positions are 51.9% of VHT and 33.4% of VIG.

How do VHT and VIG differ by sector?

The widest gap is Healthcare: VHT has 81.0 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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