VOOG vs XLC overlap - what they share and where they differ

VOOG and XLC share 16.2% of their weight across 9 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.

VOOG and XLC

16.2%

9 shared positions

VOOG

VANGUARD S&P 500 GROWTH INDEX FUND

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 143 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 62.5%·Holdings of VOOG

XLC

State Street(R) Communication Services Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 20 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 80.3%·Holdings of XLC

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

XLC vs VOOG side by side

VOOGVANGUARD S&P 500 GROWTH INDEX FUND

143

stock positions reported to the SEC

83.6% of its weight is in 134 names XLC does not hold

XLCState Street(R) Communication Services Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF

20

stock positions reported to the SEC

33.0% of its weight is in 11 names VOOG does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

VOOG
XLC
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
69.7%
49.6%
Communication Services
0.0%
45.6%
Consumer Cyclical
8.2%
0.0%
Financial Services
6.7%
0.0%
Healthcare
5.8%
0.0%
Industrials
2.7%
0.0%

The widest gap is Communication Services: XLC has 45.6 points more of it.

The figures side by side

VOOGXLC
Filing dateMay 31, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported14320
Weight of the ten largest62.5%80.3%
Largest positionNVDA 14.3%GOOGL 23.5%
Held alone134 positions, 83.6%11 positions, 33.0%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn VOOGIn XLCCounted
GOOGLAlphabet Inc11.05%23.50%11.05%
METAMeta Platforms Inc3.85%19.90%3.85%
NFLXNetflix Inc1.01%4.84%1.01%
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC0.06%4.63%0.06%
TTWOTake-Two Interactive Software Inc0.06%5.25%0.06%
ECHOEchoStar Corp0.05%1.67%0.05%
FOXFox Corp0.04%2.04%0.04%
LYVLive Nation Entertainment Inc0.04%3.49%0.04%
TKOTKO Group Holdings Inc0.04%1.53%0.04%

What each holds alone

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

Only in VOOG

NVDANVIDIA Corp14.26%
MSFTMicrosoft Corp9.29%
AAPLApple Inc6.37%
AVGOBroadcom Inc5.89%
AMZNAmazon.com Inc3.90%
MUMicron Technology Inc3.04%
LLYEli Lilly & Co2.43%
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc2.42%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices Inc2.34%
TSLATesla Inc2.11%

Only in XLC

CMCSAComcast Corp4.70%
WBDWarner Bros Discovery Inc4.67%
DISWalt Disney Co/The4.48%
TMUST-Mobile US Inc4.15%
VZVerizon Communications Inc4.14%
TAT&T Inc4.09%
OMCOmnicom Group Inc2.50%
NWSNews Corp1.50%
CHTRCharter Communications Inc1.43%
TTDTrade Desk Inc/The0.93%

Questions people ask

Is VOOG the same as XLC?

16.2% of their weight sits in the same 9 holdings. VOOG also reports NVDA, MSFT, AAPL, which the other does not. XLC also reports CMCSA, WBD, DIS, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between VOOG and XLC 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 VOOG and 100% of XLC, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, XLC or VOOG?

VOOG reports 143 stock positions and XLC reports 20. 83.6% of VOOG's weight sits in names XLC does not hold, and 33.0% of XLC's weight in names VOOG does not hold. The ten largest positions are 62.5% of VOOG and 80.3% of XLC.

How do VOOG and XLC differ by sector?

The widest gap is Communication Services: XLC has 45.6 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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Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.