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

96.1% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 96.1% of 101,196 items (97,221 the same, 3,975 different). 5,635 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 106,831 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · Fidelity 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	106,831	97,221	3,975	5,635	96.1%	94.4%
Board proposals	84,561	76,098	3,481	4,982	95.6%	93.9%
E&S shareholder proposals	190	129	0	61	100.0%	92.2%
Other items	22,080	20,994	494	592	97.7%	96.8%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

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

0 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	Fidelity

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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.