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VAW holdings and overlap
Last close, 2026-09-04
$235.46 -0.28%
52-week range 190 to 244
Largest position
LIN
15.15% of the fund, Linde plc
Positions
110
56.9% in the ten largest
Cost per year
0.09%
$9 a year on $10,000
Assets
$4.5B
the whole fund, all share classes
Return, 3 years
+38.1%
cumulative, total return
Worst fall
-19.8%
peak to trough, 3 years, weekly closes
What does VAW hold, as of its issuer file of 2026-07-31?
VAW holds 110 positions as of the issuer file dated 2026-07-31. The three largest are Linde plc at 15.15%, Newmont Goldcorp Corp. at 6.92% and Freeport-McMoRan Inc. at 6.15%; half of the fund sits in its ten largest names.
| Rank | Company | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIN Linde plc | 15.15% | |
| 2 | NEM Newmont Goldcorp Corp. | 6.92% | |
| 3 | FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | 6.15% | |
| 4 | SHW Sherwin-Williams Co. | 5.48% | |
| 5 | ECL Ecolab Inc. | 4.82% | |
| 6 | CRH CRH plc | 4.35% | |
| 7 | APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. | 4.08% | |
| 8 | NUE Nucor Corp. | 3.91% | |
| 9 | CTVA Corteva Inc. | 3.61% | |
| 10 | VMC Vulcan Materials Co. | 2.4% | |
| 11 | STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. | 2.36% | |
| 12 | MLM Martin Marietta Materials Inc. | 2.16% | |
| 13 | PPG PPG Industries Inc. | 1.69% | |
| 14 | AMRZ Amrize Ltd. | 1.66% | |
| 15 | SW Smurfit Westrock plc | 1.65% | |
| 16 | PKG Packaging Corp. of America | 1.5% | |
| 17 | DOW Dow Inc. | 1.49% | |
| 18 | RS Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 1.42% | |
| 19 | AMCR Amcor plc | 1.42% | |
| 20 | IP International Paper Co. | 1.4% | |
| 21 | IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | 1.35% | |
| 22 | CF CF Industries Holdings Inc. | 1.31% | |
| 23 | RGLD Royal Gold Inc. | 1.15% | |
| 24 | BALL Ball Corp. | 1.12% | |
| 25 | LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A | 1.09% | |
| 26 | CDE Coeur Mining Inc. | 1.05% | |
| 27 | ALB Albemarle Corp. | 0.95% | |
| 28 | RPM RPM International Inc. | 0.93% | |
| 29 | CCK Crown Holdings Inc. | 0.9% | |
| 30 | AVY Avery Dennison Corp. | 0.89% | |
| 31 | AA Alcoa Corp. | 0.82% | |
| 32 | SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. | 0.65% | |
| 33 | HL Hecla Mining Co. | 0.65% | |
| 34 | ATR AptarGroup Inc. | 0.58% | |
| 35 | ESI Element Solutions Inc. | 0.58% | |
| 36 | EMN Eastman Chemical Co. | 0.55% | |
| 37 | AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | 0.52% | |
| 38 | CMC Commercial Metals Co. | 0.52% | |
| 39 | MOS Mosaic Co. | 0.48% | |
| 40 | CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | 0.45% | |
| 41 | EXP Eagle Materials Inc. | 0.44% | |
| 42 | NEU NewMarket Corp. | 0.44% | |
| 43 | MP MP Materials Corp. | 0.4% | |
| 44 | SON Sonoco Products Co. | 0.38% | |
| 45 | BCPC Balchem Corp. | 0.37% | |
| 46 | CE Celanese Corp. Class A | 0.34% | |
| 47 | CBT Cabot Corp. | 0.31% | |
| 48 | PRM Perimeter Solutions Inc. | 0.31% | |
| 49 | SXT Sensient Technologies Corp. | 0.31% | |
| 50 | MTRN Materion Corp. | 0.29% | |
| 51 | HCC Warrior Met Coal Inc. | 0.29% | |
| 52 | KNF Knife River Corp. | 0.28% | |
| 53 | SLGN Silgan Holdings Inc. | 0.24% | |
| 54 | CSTM Constellium SE Class A | 0.23% | |
| 55 | AVNT Avient Corp. | 0.23% | |
| 56 | GPK Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | 0.22% | |
| 57 | ASH Ashland Global Holdings Inc. | 0.21% | |
| 58 | FUL HB Fuller Co. | 0.21% | |
| 59 | CENX Century Aluminum Co. | 0.2% | |
| 60 | SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. | 0.2% | |
| 61 | USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. | 0.18% | |
| 62 | KALU Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | 0.18% | |
| 63 | NGVT Ingevity Corp. | 0.18% | |
| 64 | CC Chemours Co. | 0.17% | |
| 65 | HWKN Hawkins Inc. | 0.17% | |
| 66 | MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. | 0.16% | |
| 67 | WLK Westlake Chemical Corp. | 0.15% | |
| 68 | KWR Quaker Chemical Corp. | 0.15% | |
| 69 | IOSP Innospec Inc. | 0.15% | |
| 70 | OLN Olin Corp. | 0.14% | |
| 71 | GEF Greif Inc. Class A | 0.14% | |
| 72 | HUN Huntsman Corp. | 0.11% | |
| 73 | PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. | 0.11% | |
| 74 | AMR Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc. | 0.1% | |
| 75 | SCL Stepan Co. | 0.09% | |
| 76 | FMC FMC Corp. | 0.09% | |
| 77 | ECVT Ecovyst Inc. | 0.09% | |
| 78 | RYZ Ryerson Holding Corp. | 0.08% | |
| 79 | SLVM Sylvamo Corp. | 0.08% | |
| 80 | WS Worthington Steel Inc. | 0.08% | |
| 81 | USLM United States Lime & Minerals Inc. | 0.08% | |
| 82 | TRS TriMas Corp. | 0.08% | |
| 83 | IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc. / US | 0.08% | |
| 84 | OI O-I Glass Inc. | 0.07% | |
| 85 | MYE Myers Industries Inc. | 0.07% | |
| 86 | HYMC Hycroft Mining Holding Corp. Class A | 0.07% | |
| 87 | CMP Compass Minerals International Inc. | 0.07% | |
| 88 | PCT PureCycle Technologies Inc. | 0.07% | |
| 89 | KOP Koppers Holdings Inc. | 0.06% | |
| 90 | MUX McEwen Inc. | 0.06% | |
| 91 | TMC TMC the metals co Inc. | 0.05% | |
| 92 | SXC SunCoke Energy Inc. | 0.05% | |
| 93 | MTUS TimkenSteel Corp. | 0.05% | |
| 94 | TROX Tronox Holdings plc Class A | 0.05% | |
| 95 | UAMY US Antimony Corp. | 0.04% | |
| 96 | LXU LSB Industries Inc. | 0.04% | |
| 97 | RYAM Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. | 0.04% | |
| 98 | ASIX AdvanSix Inc. | 0.04% | |
| 99 | MATV Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. | 0.03% | |
| 100 | MAGN Magnera Corp. | 0.03% |
Issuer file 35 days old on 2026-09-04, against a median of 1 across the funds with a page. Every one of the 110 positions with its weight is in the fund's JSON file. See which other ETFs hold LIN, and at what weight.
What does VAW duplicate?
The fund nearest to VAW is XLB: the two hold 74.2% of their weight in common, in the 25 companies both own, and 77.7% of VAW itself is also held there. Owning VAW alongside the funds at the top of this table means holding mostly the same companies twice.
| Fund | Overlap by weight | Of VAW held there | Of that fund in VAW | Companies in both | Overlap bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB | 74.2% | 77.7% | 100.0% | 25 | |
| IYM | 59.9% | 59.9% | 82.6% | 29 | |
| RSPM | 59.2% | 77.7% | 100.0% | 25 | |
| MXI | 36.6% | 77.7% | 36.9% | 25 | |
| XME | 24.4% | 27.6% | 79.7% | 28 | |
| PICK | 16.4% | 33.2% | 16.6% | 25 | |
| IGE | 15.6% | 40.1% | 15.7% | 34 | |
| PKB | 11.4% | 11.4% | 27.8% | 7 | |
| ICOP | 10.1% | 13.1% | 11.8% | 2 | |
| SMMD | 8.4% | 23.6% | 4.2% | 84 | |
| RING | 8.0% | 8.0% | 20.2% | 3 | |
| IBAT | 7.9% | 20.7% | 10.8% | 4 |
From each issuer's latest file. Check VAW against any fund in the ETF overlap calculator · how overlap is measured.
What adds something different to VAW?
VDE shares 0% of weight with VAW and its weekly returns correlate with it at 0.28 over three years. The table lists the covered funds with the least in common with VAW, least shared weight first and, among equals, lowest correlation.
| Fund | Name | Overlap by weight | Correlation, 3y | Companies in both |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VDE | Vanguard Energy ETF | 0.0% | 0.28 | 0 |
| VOX | Vanguard Communication Services ETF | 0.0% | 0.44 | 0 |
| VPU | Vanguard Utilities ETF | 0.0% | 0.45 | 0 |
| RSPT | Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF | 0.0% | 0.57 | 0 |
| VDC | Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF | 0.0% | 0.58 | 0 |
| VCR | Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF | 0.0% | 0.61 | 0 |
| VNQI | Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF | 0.0% | 0.66 | 1 |
| SPHD | Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF | 0.0% | 0.67 | 0 |
Cost, returns and risk
| Expense ratio | 0.09% |
|---|---|
| Dividend yield | 1.34% |
| Total return, 1 year | 14.8% |
| Total return, 3 years cumulative | 38.1% |
| Total return, 5 years cumulative | 40.1% |
| Volatility, annualised | 17.7% |
| Worst fall, 3 years | -19.8% |
| Beta against SPY, 3 years of weekly returns | 0.79 |
| Weight in the ten largest positions | 56.9% |
| Largest single position | 15.2% |
| Assets, whole fund across share classes | $4.5B |
Expense ratio, yield and assets are reference data; every other figure is computed here from weekly closes.
How it moves with the market
| Against | Correlation, 3 years | Covariance, annualised, in percent squared |
|---|---|---|
| SPY | 0.65loosely linked | 165 |
| QQQ | 0.51loosely linked | 176 |
Weekly total returns. What the bands mean · why the covariance is printed.
Year by year
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 14.3% |
| 2025 | 12.3% |
| 2024 | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 13.7% |
| 2022 | -11.8% |
One year
VAW 115
SPY 118
2025-09-122026-09-04
Where to go next
- VEGI, iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF
- WOOD, iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF
- XLB, Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund
- XME, State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF
- Run a portfolio x-ray to see what VAW carries once you look through it
- Compare VAW against any other fund in the builder
Holdings from the issuer file published 2026-07-31. Prices through 2026-09-04. How every figure here is produced. Measurements, not investment advice.
