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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

1,706 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
YANKUANG ENERGY GROUP COMPANY LTD.	June 21, 2024	Approve Working Report of the Board Corporate Governance	Other	For	Split 1 FOR, 5 AGAINST	FOR 5 funds
ZHEJIANG LONGSHENG GROUP CO. LTD.	May 10, 2024	Amend Rules and Procedures Regarding Meetings of Board of Directors Corporate Governance	Other	For	AGAINST 2 funds	Split 1 FOR, 4 AGAINST
ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO. LTD.	May 20, 2024	Amend Independent Director System Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 7 funds	Split 1 FOR, 4 AGAINST
ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO. LTD.	May 20, 2024	Amend Rules and Procedures Regarding General Meetings of Shareholders Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 7 funds	Split 1 FOR, 4 AGAINST
ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO. LTD.	May 20, 2024	Amend Rules and Procedures Regarding Meetings of Board of Directors Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 7 funds	Split 1 FOR, 4 AGAINST
ZOETIS INC.	May 22, 2024	Approval of an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for exculpation of officers as permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Corporate Governance	Other	For	FOR 61 funds	Split 27 FOR, 1 AGAINST

← All 20 managers, 2023-2024

How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built November 1, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.