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VEA vs VWCE overlap
90% of VEA's money sits in companies VWCE also holds; 28% of the two funds is the same money, spread over 1,433 companies both hold.
Holdings as of September 30, 2026 · source: Vanguard (VEA), Vanguard (VWCE) · How we measured all 1,431 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
Hold VEA and VWCE with other funds or stocks? The free portfolio optimizer opens VEA and VWCE beside the rest of what you own: the companies you hold twice, what the funds cost a year, and where the next deposit should go. No account.
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VEA and VWCE: what people ask
How much do VEA and VWCE overlap?
28% by weight, as of September 30, 2026: moderate overlap. 1,433 companies appear in both funds; they make up 90% of VEA and 28% of VWCE.
Which stocks do VEA and VWCE both hold?
The largest shared positions are 005930, 000660, ASML, HSBA and ROP. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.
Is it redundant to hold both VEA and VWCE?
Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $28 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 2,467 names only in VEA, 2,362 only in VWCE. Half in each behaves like 253 equally weighted stocks, against 248 for VEA alone and 107 for VWCE alone. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; this is a description, not advice.
What is VWCE, next to VEA?
VWCE is Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating (ISIN IE00BK5BQT80), an Irish-domiciled UCITS fund on the FTSE All-World index. Next to VEA, 28% of the money is the same, spread over 1,433 companies both hold, as of September 30, 2026.
Does the VEA vs VWCE overlap apply to other tickers?
Yes. VWCE also trades as VWRA (London, USD) and VWRP (London, GBP), and VWRL (ISIN IE00B3RBWM25) is its distributing share class. Each is the same portfolio in another currency, on another exchange or paying its dividends out, so VEA vs VWRA also overlaps 28%.
How is ETF overlap calculated here?
For every company held by both funds we take the smaller of its two weights and add them up. The weights come from the full holdings files Vanguard publish, not a top-10 sample, and companies are matched by their ISIN so share classes stay apart. Sector overlap applies the same rule to the issuers' sector labels; "behaves like N equally weighted stocks" is one over the sum of the squared weights.
Weights come from each issuer's published holdings file and are matched company by company on their ISIN. Cash, futures and currency positions are left out. This page describes what the funds hold; it is not investment advice.