VEGI iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF
Holds 156 stocks in food and agriculture, 54% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
VEGI holds 156 stocks, and 46% of its weight is outside the S&P 500.
Key facts
ETFIQ Off-Index Score
69.3joint 114th of 379
VEGI shares 6 of its 156 holdings with the S&P 500. Only 0.5% of its weight overlaps the index.
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
That is the share of the 379 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing sitting at or below VEGI. A position in this set, not a rating: it moves when the set moves, and it is not a figure to average against another desk's.
3rd of 6 food and agriculture ETFs by net assets 5th of 5 food and agriculture ETFs by least weight in the S&P 500
Its ten largest equity positions
| Holding | Ticker | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEERE | DE | 29.45% | |
| CORTEVA | CTVA | 9.64% | |
| ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND | ADM | 7.51% | |
| NUTRIEN LTD | NTR | 6.71% | |
| CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC | CF | 3.64% | |
| KUBOTA | not filed | 2.88% | |
| BUNGE GLOBAL SA | BG | 2.66% | |
| CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V. | CNH | 2.08% | |
| DARLING INGREDIENTS | DAR | 1.87% | |
| MOWI | MOWI | 1.66% |
Period by period
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 | Gap to S&P 500 | Gap to Nasdaq-100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | +9.4% | +2.3% | +7.2 pts | +11.9 pts |
| 6 months | +9.0% | +18.0% | −9.1 pts | −15.3 pts |
| 1 year | +20.5% | +16.6% | +3.9 pts | −1.3 pts |
| 3 years | +28.6% | +78.4% | −49.8 pts | −69.5 pts |
| Since launch | +144.5% | +641.4% | −496.9 pts | −1092.0 pts |
In plain words
The top ten holdings are 68% of the fund across 156 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 17, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +20.5% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.9 pts.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Food and agriculture |
|---|---|
| Launched | Feb 2, 2012 |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ) | 54.3% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ) | 99.5% |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ) | 0.0% |
| Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ) | 100.0% |
| Top ten holdings weight | 68.1% |
| Holdings | 156 |
| Holdings published for (the issuer’s daily file) | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Top holdings | DEERE 29.4%, CORTEVA 9.6%, ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 7.5%, NUTRIEN LTD 6.7%, CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC 3.6%, KUBOTA 2.9%, BUNGE GLOBAL SA 2.7%, CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V. 2.1%, DARLING INGREDIENTS 1.9%, MOWI 1.7% |
| Net assets (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Sep 18, 2026) | $170m |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −4.6% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Dec 19, 2025) | 0.39% |
| Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ) | 0.39% |
| Closest funds by holdings overlap | MOO 50%, FTAG 43%, KROP 42% |
Holdings from the file the issuer publishes daily; overlap and active share computed by ETFIQ against the IVV and QQQM books; returns from Tiingo end-of-day prices with distributions reinvested. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- How much of VEGI is in S&P 500 companies?
- By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 17, 2026, 54% of VEGI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 100%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does VEGI hold?
- 156 positions as published by its issuer for Sep 17, 2026, with the top ten at 68% of the fund. The largest are DEERE at 29.4%, CORTEVA at 9.6%, ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND at 7.5%.
- Has VEGI beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 VEGI returned +20.5% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 3.9 points.
- What does VEGI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. Because 100% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.39%.
The words on this page
- Active share
- The part of the fund doing something the index is not, as a percentage. It is the part a fee is actually buying.
- Weight overlap
- The share of money two portfolios hold in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice.
- Already in the index
- The fund’s weight in securities the S&P 500 holds at all. A fund can be made entirely of index names and still have high active share, because it holds them at very different weights.
- Top ten
- What the ten largest positions add up to. The higher it is, the more the fund is a bet on a few companies rather than a theme.
Every term used here, defined in full on the thematic ETFs vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
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