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Overlap · from SEC filings

IWM vs VB: what actually overlaps

IWM and VB: 24.63% of a dollar ends up in the same companies either way (SEC Form N-PORT, 2026-06-30), across 662 securities the two funds both hold. Every free comparison tool can list the tickers in common; this weights them, which is the part that decides whether owning both changes anything.

24.63%Overlap by weight
662Shared holdings
1188.2Combined effective holdings
+348 vs IWM alone

The short version

Held alone, IWM behaves like 840.2 equally weighted positions and VB like 689.3. Held together in equal size they behave like 1188.2 — 348 more than IWM on its own, even at 24.63% overlap.

Overlap here is the sum, over securities both funds hold, of the smaller of the two weights: the share of a dollar that sits in the same company either way. Matching is on CUSIP. Figures are as of each fund's own reporting date (2026-06-30 and 2026-06-30), which do not always align.

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Side by side

as filed
IWMVB
Assets$97B$189B
Holdings1,9691,306
Effective holdings840.2689.3
Top ten weight3.42%4.33%
Largest position0.38%0.55%
Priced at market (Level 1)100%100%
Reporting date2026-06-302026-06-30

Each fund on its own: IWM · VB

Where the overlap actually is

662

The ten shared positions that account for the most of it, with what each fund holds of its own. Shared is the lesser of the two — the part that is held in common either way. Where the two columns diverge, one fund is making a larger bet on that company than the other, and holding both does not average it away.

CompanyIWMVBShared
Moog, Inc. 0.376% 0.146% 0.146%
Hut 8 Corp. 0.37% 0.142% 0.142%
Viasat, Inc. 0.354% 0.141% 0.141%
Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.349% 0.141% 0.141%
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. 0.353% 0.139% 0.139%
MaxLinear, Inc. 0.344% 0.132% 0.132%
Argan, Inc. 0.34% 0.129% 0.129%
Krystal Biotech, Inc. 0.301% 0.127% 0.127%
UMB Financial Corp. 0.327% 0.119% 0.119%
CareTrust REIT, Inc. 0.284% 0.116% 0.116%

What the difference is made of

34.29% · 75.35%

34.29% of IWM sits in companies VB does not hold at all, and 75.35% of VB in companies IWM does not hold. The largest of each, by weight in its own fund:

Only in IWM (34.29%)
  • JFrog Ltd.
  • Alkermes plc
  • Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.
  • Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.
  • SSR Mining, Inc.
Only in VB (75.35%)
  • Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd
  • Jabil Inc
  • REVOLUTION Medicines Inc
  • Astera Labs Inc
  • Natera Inc

By country of issuer

2026-06-30

Where each fund's money sits by the issuer country its filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Two funds can share companies and still differ here, and a pair that looks diversified by name can be one country twice.

CountryIWMVBDifference
United States 92.66% 100.00% −7.34
Canada 1.64% 0.00% +1.64
Bermuda° 1.34% 0.00% +1.34
Cayman Islands° 0.85% 0.00% +0.85
United Kingdom 0.58% 0.00% +0.58
Ireland° 0.47% 0.00% +0.47
Israel 0.43% 0.00% +0.43
Marshall Islands° 0.42% 0.00% +0.42
Switzerland 0.33% 0.00% +0.33
British Virgin Islands° 0.29% 0.00% +0.29

What each fund did last quarter

Each fund's newest filing against its previous one. A pair whose overlap is rising or falling does so because of these moves; the figures are the same ones on each fund's page and in its feed.

FundPeriodPositionsAddedDroppedTurnoverLargest increase
IWM 2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30 1,938 → 2,009 24617520.9% MaxLinear, Inc. 0.05% → 0.34%
VB 2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30 1,310 → 1,308 444612.3% Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.21% → 0.55%

Written about this pair

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This page is the measurement. These essays argue about what it means, with the figures as they stood when each was written.

Related comparisons

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Other pairs involving IWM or VB, ordered by how much they overlap.

PairOverlapCombined effective
IJR vs IWM 46.9% 660.1
IJR vs VB 18.49% 769

Sources and limits

Computed from SEC Form N-PORT (NPORT-P), the portfolio report every registered US fund files. Positions below 0.001% of net assets are dropped; weights are normalised to each filing's own total.

Unit investment trusts including SPY and DIA do not file N-PORT, so no overlap can be computed for them. Where a comparison is missing from this site, that is usually why rather than an oversight.

Overlap says what is held in common, not what will move together. Two funds with no shared holdings can still fall together, and the effective holding count takes no account of correlation. All 275 pairs are in the concentration dataset, and every fund's own history is on its fund page.