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VLU holdings and overlap
What does VLU hold, as of its issuer file of 2026-09-03?
VLU holds 1463 positions as of the issuer file dated 2026-09-03. The three largest are Microsoft Corp at 2.98%, AMAZON.COM Inc at 2.69% and Berkshire Hathaway Inc at 2.46%.
| Rank | Company | Weight | Weight bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSFT Microsoft Corp | 2.98% | |
| 2 | AMZN AMAZON.COM Inc | 2.69% | |
| 3 | BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 2.46% | |
| 4 | AAPL Apple Inc | 2.02% | |
| 5 | JPM JPMorgan Chase + Co | 1.53% | |
| 6 | GOOG Alphabet Inc | 1.5% | |
| 7 | VZ Verizon Communications Inc | 1.43% | |
| 8 | UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc | 1.3% | |
| 9 | XOM Exxonmobil Holdings Corp | 1.28% | |
| 10 | META Meta Platforms Inc | 1.18% | |
| 11 | WMT Walmart Inc | 1.14% | |
| 12 | BAC Bank of America Corp | 1.08% | |
| 13 | CVX Chevron Corp | 1.04% | |
| 14 | NVDA NVIDIA Corp | 1.02% | |
| 15 | MU Micron Technology Inc | 1.01% | |
| 16 | DELL Dell Technologies C | 1.01% | |
| 17 | CVS CVS Health Corp | 0.84% | |
| 18 | MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp | 0.77% | |
| 19 | JNJ Johnson + Johnson | 0.71% | |
| 20 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 0.69% | |
| 21 | WFC Wells Fargo + Co | 0.65% | |
| 22 | T At+t Inc | 0.65% | |
| 23 | CMCSA Comcast Corp | 0.64% | |
| 24 | C Citigroup Inc | 0.62% | |
| 25 | ELV Elevance Health Inc | 0.61% | |
| 26 | TMUS T Mobile US Inc | 0.59% | |
| 27 | INTC Intel Corp | 0.59% | |
| 28 | MRK Merck + Co. Inc. | 0.59% | |
| 29 | PFE Pfizer Inc | 0.59% | |
| 30 | GOOGL Alphabet Inc | 0.54% | |
| 31 | GM General Motors Co | 0.53% | |
| 32 | UPS United Parcel Service | 0.52% | |
| 33 | CI The Cigna Group | 0.51% | |
| 34 | TSLA Tesla Inc | 0.51% | |
| 35 | CSCO Cisco Systems Inc | 0.51% | |
| 36 | TGT Target Corp | 0.5% | |
| 37 | HD Home Depot Inc | 0.5% | |
| 38 | V Visa Inc Class A Shares | 0.46% | |
| 39 | ABBV Abbvie Inc | 0.46% | |
| 40 | AVGO Broadcom Inc | 0.45% | |
| 41 | DIS Walt Disney Co | 0.44% | |
| 42 | COR Cencora Inc | 0.44% | |
| 43 | TFC Truist Financial Corp | 0.44% | |
| 44 | COP Conocophillips | 0.43% | |
| 45 | MS Morgan Stanley | 0.41% | |
| 46 | PG Procter + Gamble Co | 0.4% | |
| 47 | MCK Mckesson Corp | 0.4% | |
| 48 | VLO Valero Energy Corp | 0.39% | |
| 49 | CAH Cardinal Health Inc | 0.39% | |
| 50 | F Ford Motor Co | 0.38% | |
| 51 | DVN Devon Energy Corp | 0.38% | |
| 52 | KO Coca Cola Co | 0.36% | |
| 53 | PSX Phillips 66 | 0.36% | |
| 54 | MET Metlife Inc | 0.36% | |
| 55 | GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 0.36% | |
| 56 | PEP Pepsico Inc | 0.36% | |
| 57 | COF Capital One Financial Corp | 0.36% | |
| 58 | USB US Bancorp | 0.35% | |
| 59 | QCOM Qualcomm Inc | 0.34% | |
| 60 | ORCL Oracle Corp | 0.34% | |
| 61 | BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Co | 0.33% | |
| 62 | CB Chubb Ltd | 0.33% | |
| 63 | HUM Humana Inc | 0.33% | |
| 64 | NFLX Netflix Inc | 0.32% | |
| 65 | COST Costco Wholesale Corp | 0.32% | |
| 66 | PGR Progressive Corp | 0.31% | |
| 67 | PM Philip Morris International | 0.31% | |
| 68 | LLY Eli Lilly + Co | 0.3% | |
| 69 | ABT Abbott Laboratories | 0.3% | |
| 70 | PRU Prudential Financial Inc | 0.29% | |
| 71 | TRV Travelers Cos Inc | 0.29% | |
| 72 | MDT Medtronic PLC | 0.29% | |
| 73 | IBM Intl Business Machines Corp | 0.29% | |
| 74 | ACN Accenture PLC | 0.28% | |
| 75 | MO Altria Group Inc | 0.28% | |
| 76 | AIG American International Group | 0.28% | |
| 77 | AXP American Express Co | 0.28% | |
| 78 | ADM Archer Daniels Midland Co | 0.28% | |
| 79 | RTX RTX Corp | 0.27% | |
| 80 | FANG Diamondback Energy Inc | 0.26% | |
| 81 | PNC PNC Financial Services Group | 0.26% | |
| 82 | HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 0.26% | |
| 83 | CRM Salesforce Inc | 0.25% | |
| 84 | FDX Fedex Corp | 0.25% | |
| 85 | AMGN Amgen Inc | 0.25% | |
| 86 | KVUE Kenvue Inc | 0.25% | |
| 87 | ALL Allstate Corp | 0.24% | |
| 88 | UAL United Airlines Holdings Inc | 0.24% | |
| 89 | TXN Texas Instruments Inc | 0.23% | |
| 90 | TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 0.23% | |
| 91 | NEE Nextera Energy Inc | 0.23% | |
| 92 | KR Kroger Co | 0.22% | |
| 93 | UNP Union Pacific Corp | 0.22% | |
| 94 | GILD Gilead Sciences Inc | 0.22% | |
| 95 | SCHW Schwab (Charles) Corp | 0.22% | |
| 96 | BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.21% | |
| 97 | CNC Centene Corp | 0.21% | |
| 98 | NUE Nucor Corp | 0.21% | |
| 99 | BLK Blackrock Inc | 0.21% | |
| 100 | D Dominion Energy Inc | 0.21% |
Issuer file 1 day old on 2026-09-04, against a median of 1 across the funds with a page. Every one of the 1463 positions with its weight is in the fund's JSON file. See which other ETFs hold MSFT, and at what weight.
What does VLU duplicate?
The fund nearest to VLU is PRF: the two hold 77.7% of their weight in common, in the 922 companies both own, and 93.9% of VLU itself is also held there. Owning VLU alongside the funds at the top of this table means holding mostly the same companies twice.
| Fund | Overlap by weight | Of VLU held there | Of that fund in VLU | Companies in both | Overlap bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRF | 77.7% | 93.9% | 98.5% | 922 | |
| RWL | 70.6% | 85.1% | 99.9% | 499 | |
| IUS | 67.6% | 73.0% | 98.1% | 510 | |
| SPTM | 63.5% | 100.0% | 99.3% | 1462 | |
| VONV | 63.4% | 81.7% | 97.4% | 748 | |
| SCHB | 62.5% | 99.9% | 95.7% | 1452 | |
| VTI | 62.3% | 99.6% | 95.4% | 1447 | |
| VTHR | 62.2% | 99.4% | 94.9% | 1444 | |
| IUSV | 62.1% | 76.7% | 99.4% | 725 | |
| IWD | 61.3% | 79.4% | 95.1% | 747 | |
| VONE | 61.1% | 93.4% | 96.5% | 857 | |
| SCHX | 60.5% | 90.4% | 97.4% | 675 |
From each issuer's latest file. Check VLU against any fund in the ETF overlap calculator · how overlap is measured.
What adds something different to VLU?
CQQQ shares 0% of weight with VLU and its weekly returns correlate with it at 0.34 over three years. The table lists the covered funds with the least in common with VLU, least shared weight first and, among equals, lowest correlation.
| Fund | Name | Overlap by weight | Correlation, 3y | Companies in both |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CQQQ | Invesco China Technology ETF | 0.0% | 0.34 | 0 |
| MCHI | iShares MSCI China ETF | 0.0% | 0.35 | 0 |
| EWY | iShares MSCI South Korea ETF | 0.0% | 0.45 | 0 |
| EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 0.0% | 0.45 | 0 |
| EWW | iShares MSCI Mexico ETF | 0.0% | 0.49 | 0 |
| ILF | iShares Latin America 40 ETF | 0.0% | 0.53 | 0 |
| EWT | iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | 0.0% | 0.56 | 0 |
| EWP | iShares MSCI Spain ETF | 0.0% | 0.60 | 0 |
Cost, returns and risk
| Expense ratio | 0.12% |
|---|---|
| Dividend yield | 1.57% |
| Total return, 1 year | 25.7% |
| Total return, 3 years cumulative | 77.2% |
| Total return, 5 years cumulative | 87.8% |
| Volatility, annualised | 12.9% |
| Worst fall, 3 years | -14.3% |
| Beta against SPY, 3 years of weekly returns | 0.78 |
| Weight in the ten largest positions | 18.4% |
| Largest single position | 3.0% |
| Assets under management | $0.8B |
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 | 0.87usually in step | 162 |
| QQQ | 0.71often in step | 180 |
Weekly total returns. What the bands mean · why the covariance is printed.
Year by year
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 19.3% |
| 2025 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | 17.2% |
| 2023 | 17.2% |
| 2022 | -8.2% |
One year
Where to go next
- VLUE, iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
- VONV, Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ETF
- VOOV, Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF
- VTV, Vanguard Value ETF
- Run a portfolio x-ray to see what VLU carries once you look through it
- Compare VLU against any other fund in the builder
Holdings from the issuer file published 2026-09-03. Prices through 2026-09-04. How every figure here is produced. Measurements, not investment advice.