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Vanguard vs Goldman Sachs: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

94.9% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 94.9% of 83,652 items (79,381 the same, 4,271 different). 2,762 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 86,414 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · Goldman Sachs 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	86,414	79,381	4,271	2,762	94.9%	94.1%
Board proposals	65,982	59,883	3,672	2,427	94.2%	93.3%
E&S shareholder proposals	173	151	0	22	100.0%	99.2%
Other items	20,259	19,347	599	313	97.0%	96.6%

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	Goldman Sachs

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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.