VUG vs XLG overlap - what they share and where they differ

VUG and XLG share 69.9% of their weight across 25 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.

VUG and XLG

69.9%

25 shared positions

VUG

VANGUARD GROWTH INDEX FUND

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 144 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 63.1%·Holdings of VUG

XLG

Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 50 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 62.4%·Holdings of XLG

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

XLG vs VUG side by side

VUGVANGUARD GROWTH INDEX FUND

144

stock positions reported to the SEC

22.5% of its weight is in 119 names XLG does not hold

XLGInvesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF

50

stock positions reported to the SEC

25.8% of its weight is in 25 names VUG does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

VUG
XLG
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
71.0%
61.0%
Consumer Cyclical
11.9%
10.1%
Financial Services
3.7%
10.4%
Healthcare
4.7%
6.6%
Consumer Defensive
0.0%
5.1%
Industrials
3.8%
0.0%

The widest gap is Technology: VUG has 10.0 points more of it.

The figures side by side

VUGXLG
Filing dateJun 30, 2026Jul 31, 2026
Stock positions reported14450
Weight of the ten largest63.1%62.4%
Largest positionNVDA 12.6%NVDA 12.1%
Held alone119 positions, 22.5%25 positions, 25.8%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn VUGIn XLGCounted
NVDANVIDIA Corp12.63%12.06%12.06%
AAPLApple Inc11.67%11.26%11.26%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc10.29%9.36%9.36%
MSFTMicrosoft Corp7.61%8.56%7.61%
AMZNAmazon.com Inc4.47%6.60%4.47%
AVGOBroadcom Inc4.28%4.57%4.28%
METAMeta Platforms Inc3.41%3.03%3.03%
LLYEli Lilly & Co2.81%2.25%2.25%
TSLATesla Inc3.27%2.17%2.17%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices Inc2.62%1.93%1.93%

What each holds alone

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

Only in VUG

PANWPalo Alto Networks Inc0.78%
MRVLMarvell Technology Inc0.75%
WDCWestern Digital Corp0.62%
APHAmphenol Corp0.61%
STXSeagate Technology Holdings PLC0.61%
CRWDCrowdstrike Holdings Inc0.53%
ANETArista Networks Inc0.52%
BABoeing Co/The0.48%
TJXTJX Cos Inc/The0.48%
WELLWelltower Inc0.46%

Only in XLG

JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.2.34%
BRK.ABerkshire Hathaway Inc.2.33%
MUMicron Technology, Inc.2.30%
XOMExxonMobil Holdings Corp.1.60%
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.53%
WMTWalmart Inc.1.21%
CSCOCisco Systems, Inc.1.14%
ABBVAbbVie Inc.1.10%
BACBank of America Corp.1.00%
CATCaterpillar Inc.0.93%

Questions people ask

Is VUG the same as XLG?

69.9% of their weight sits in the same 25 holdings. VUG also reports PANW, MRVL, WDC, which the other does not. XLG also reports JPM, BRK.A, MU, which the other does not.

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

Which holds more, XLG or VUG?

VUG reports 144 stock positions and XLG reports 50. 22.5% of VUG's weight sits in names XLG does not hold, and 25.8% of XLG's weight in names VUG does not hold. The ten largest positions are 63.1% of VUG and 62.4% of XLG.

How do VUG and XLG differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: VUG has 10.0 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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