ETF comparison
SPY vs VV
Both US Large Cap.
State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust · Vanguard Large Cap Index Fund
Holdings overlap
404 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPY and VV would leave roughly 89.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VV is 6 bps cheaper than SPY. On a $100,000 position that's about $64/yr more in fees for SPY.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with SPY vs VV.
Top shared holdings
404 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPY | In VV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORP | 7.44% | 7.36% | 7.36% |
| 2 | APPLE INC | 6.72% | 6.81% | 6.72% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORP | 4.44% | 5.03% | 4.44% |
| 4 | AMAZON.COM INC | 3.68% | 3.68% | 3.68% |
| 5 | ALPHABET INC CL A | 3.29% | 3.06% | 3.06% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC | 2.72% | 2.68% | 2.68% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC CL C | 2.63% | 2.43% | 2.43% |
| 8 | META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A | 2.09% | 2.29% | 2.09% |
| 9 | TESLA INC | 1.86% | 1.91% | 1.86% |
| 10 | ELI LILLY + CO | 1.47% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 11 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B | 1.42% | 1.54% | 1.42% |
| 12 | JPMORGAN CHASE + CO | 1.39% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
Only in SPY
100 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.88%
- HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 0.11%
- NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 0.11%
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC 0.11%
- FLEX LTD 0.09%
- JABIL INC 0.06%
- CARNIVAL CORP LTD 0.06%
- EMCOR GROUP INC 0.06%
- NRG ENERGY INC 0.05%
- TAPESTRY INC 0.05%
Only in VV
39 total- Exxon Mobil Corp 1.29%
- Honeywell International Inc 0.26%
- Cloudflare Inc 0.11%
- Cheniere Energy Inc 0.10%
- Snowflake Inc 0.09%
- Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.08%
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.08%
- Waste Connections Inc 0.08%
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.07%
- Strategy Inc 0.07%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.