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BlackRock vs Vanguard: how alike they voted, 2023-2024

92.6% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 92.6% of 111,301 items (103,025 the same, 8,276 different). 1,243 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 112,544 items in all.

BlackRock 2023-2024 · Vanguard 2023-2024 · Download the item list (CSV)

By who put the item on the ballot. “Same position” = Same / (Same + Differ); split items are not in it. “Fund-level” is a second view over all common items: the chance that a fund of each manager, picked at random, voted the same way, which gives partial credit where a manager split.
	Common items	Same	Differ	Split (not in %)	Same position	Fund-level
All ballot items	112,544	103,025	8,276	1,243	92.6%	92.3%
Board proposals	86,719	78,907	6,685	1,127	92.2%	91.9%
E&S shareholder proposals	10	9	0	1	100.0%	90.5%
Other items	25,815	24,109	1,591	115	93.8%	93.7%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

All ballot items Board proposals E&S shareholder proposals Other items

1 items. “Voted differently”: each manager’s funds all voted one way, and the two ways differ. “Split”: at least one manager’s funds did not all vote the same way.

Company	Meeting	Proposal	On the ballot from	Board recommended	BlackRock	Vanguard
WARRIOR MET COAL INC.	April 25, 2024	STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL: To adopt a resolution urging the Board of Directors to commission and oversee an assessment of the Company's respect for the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Contested	FOR 18 funds	Split 1 FOR, 21 AGAINST

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 13, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.