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VGT vs VPU

Technology vs Utilities.

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGT and VPU would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VGT unmatched 99.9% Shared 0.0% VPU unmatched 99.6%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In VGT only
318 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VPU only
68 positions

Side by side

VGT

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Technology

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$167.05B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
0.43%
Top-10 conc.
62.5%
VPU

Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Utilities

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$10.10B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
2.75%
Top-10 conc.
52.7%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
91
85
Tax efficiency
80
100
Liquidity
100
25
Concentration
39
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Tracking quality
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VGT sub-score VPU

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.090% vs 0.090%).

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 VGT vs VPU.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in VGT

318 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 17.77%
  • Apple Inc 15.83%
  • Microsoft Corp 11.32%
  • Micron Technology Inc 4.19%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.05%
  • Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.96%
  • Cisco Systems Inc 1.72%
  • Palantir Technologies Inc 1.62%
  • Intel Corp 1.54%
  • Lam Research Corp 1.49%

Only in VPU

68 total
  • NextEra Energy Inc 11.75%
  • Southern Co/The 6.79%
  • Duke Energy Corp 6.39%
  • Constellation Energy Corp 5.79%
  • American Electric Power Co Inc 4.56%
  • Dominion Energy Inc 3.97%
  • Sempra 3.65%
  • Entergy Corp 3.33%
  • Xcel Energy Inc 3.23%
  • Vistra Corp 3.18%

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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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.