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Vanguard vs BlackRock: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

93.2% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 93.2% of 61,033 items (56,867 the same, 4,166 different). 3,193 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 64,226 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · BlackRock 2025-2026 · 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	64,226	56,867	4,166	3,193	93.2%	91.7%
Board proposals	47,743	41,902	3,211	2,630	92.9%	91.3%
E&S shareholder proposals	165	116	1	48	99.1%	94.8%
Other items	16,318	14,849	954	515	94.0%	92.8%

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	Vanguard	BlackRock
NVR, INC.	May 7, 2026	Shareholder proposal to disclose greenhouse gas emissions. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 31 funds	FOR 43 funds

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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.