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BlackRock vs Vanguard: how alike they voted, 2024-2025

95.6% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 95.6% of 26,256 items (25,104 the same, 1,152 different). 1,090 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 27,346 items in all.

BlackRock 2024-2025 · Vanguard 2024-2025 · 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	27,346	25,104	1,152	1,090	95.6%	94.5%
Board proposals	22,416	20,665	934	817	95.7%	94.5%
E&S shareholder proposals	257	183	1	73	99.5%	95.7%
Other items	4,673	4,256	217	200	95.1%	94.2%

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
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE INC.	November 21, 2024	Shareholder proposal requesting the Company disclose targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Environment or Climate	Shareholder (E&S)	Contested	FOR 14 funds	AGAINST 18 funds

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 18, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.