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How alike do the 20 largest managers vote? 2025-2026

Each cell answers one question for a pair of managers: on the ballot items of the 2025-2026 proxy season where each of them took a single position (all of its funds voted the same way), how often was it the same position? Items where at least one of them split its funds are left out of the percentage, and counted and listed separately on the pair’s page. Click a cell for the pair: every item where they voted differently or split, with links to the company pages, and a CSV.

Note on Brighthouse: its funds did not all vote the same way on 12.0% of the 120,288 ballot items it voted (14,436 items). Those items are left out of its percentages, so they rest on fewer items than for most managers; the split items are listed on each of its pair pages.

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

E&S shareholder proposals, 2025-2026: when both took a single position, % of items where it was the same one. Darker = less alike (shading is relative to this table). Hover a cell for the counts.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1. Vanguard	·	99.1	100.0	93.5	100.0	98.0	100.0	97.0	98.1	91.3	80.9	100.0	94.2	95.5	96.0	100.0	93.1	73.3	71.7	83.3
2. BlackRock	99.1	·	99.0	97.3	100.0	98.4	99.1	98.4	100.0	93.4	87.0	98.4	97.7	95.5	99.0	99.2	91.7	75.0	73.8	0.0
3. Fidelity	100.0	99.0	·	95.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	96.8	100.0	96.7	91.1	100.0	98.7	97.4	95.9	100.0	92.8	83.9	75.0	66.7
4. State Street	93.5	97.3	95.7	·	95.4	88.7	95.8	92.9	98.6	88.5	80.4	91.9	90.6	90.8	94.4	92.4	85.6	73.8	70.9	0.0
5. Dimensional	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.4	·	97.2	100.0	99.2	100.0	95.0	86.9	100.0	96.5	96.0	98.3	99.3	92.4	80.9	72.3	0.0
6. American Century	98.0	98.4	100.0	88.7	97.2	·	96.7	96.1	100.0	89.1	78.5	97.2	93.4	92.8	97.1	96.5	88.4	70.9	67.4	0.0
7. Invesco	100.0	99.1	100.0	95.8	100.0	96.7	·	99.3	100.0	94.7	82.9	100.0	93.1	95.0	98.4	99.3	92.1	74.3	74.5	n/a
8. Charles Schwab	97.0	98.4	96.8	92.9	99.2	96.1	99.3	·	95.6	87.7	76.1	99.4	90.2	90.6	94.8	100.0	92.0	68.9	69.7	92.0
9. Equitable	98.1	100.0	100.0	98.6	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.6	·	100.0	95.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	97.0	100.0	98.3	92.5	91.5	71.4
10. ProShares	91.3	93.4	96.7	88.5	95.0	89.1	94.7	87.7	100.0	·	85.4	87.9	100.0	100.0	94.1	87.6	83.0	83.5	78.9	n/a
11. TIAA	80.9	87.0	91.1	80.4	86.9	78.5	82.9	76.1	95.2	85.4	·	77.2	93.5	88.8	87.5	76.6	80.4	85.5	72.1	0.0
12. Goldman Sachs	100.0	98.4	100.0	91.9	100.0	97.2	100.0	99.4	100.0	87.9	77.2	·	89.2	90.7	97.1	99.4	90.2	68.4	67.8	0.0
13. John Hancock	94.2	97.7	98.7	90.6	96.5	93.4	93.1	90.2	100.0	100.0	93.5	89.2	·	100.0	94.8	90.0	85.3	87.7	78.3	n/a
14. Franklin Templeton	95.5	95.5	97.4	90.8	96.0	92.8	95.0	90.6	100.0	100.0	88.8	90.7	100.0	·	96.8	90.7	87.4	85.0	78.9	n/a
15. Prudential/PGIM	96.0	99.0	95.9	94.4	98.3	97.1	98.4	94.8	97.0	94.1	87.5	97.1	94.8	96.8	·	97.8	91.3	79.8	77.9	66.7
16. WisdomTree	100.0	99.2	100.0	92.4	99.3	96.5	99.3	100.0	100.0	87.6	76.6	99.4	90.0	90.7	97.8	·	91.8	68.1	67.8	0.0
17. JPMorgan	93.1	91.7	92.8	85.6	92.4	88.4	92.1	92.0	98.3	83.0	80.4	90.2	85.3	87.4	91.3	91.8	·	71.8	67.9	n/a
18. Northern Trust	73.3	75.0	83.9	73.8	80.9	70.9	74.3	68.9	92.5	83.5	85.5	68.4	87.7	85.0	79.8	68.1	71.8	·	83.8	0.0
19. DWS	71.7	73.8	75.0	70.9	72.3	67.4	74.5	69.7	91.5	78.9	72.1	67.8	78.3	78.9	77.9	67.8	67.9	83.8	·	n/a
20. Brighthouse	83.3	0.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	n/a	92.0	71.4	n/a	0.0	0.0	n/a	n/a	66.7	0.0	n/a	0.0	n/a	·

Least alike

Pair	Same position	Items where both took one	Split items (not in %)
BlackRock vs Brighthouse	0.0%	1	162
State Street vs Brighthouse	0.0%	1	161
Dimensional vs Brighthouse	0.0%	1	172
American Century vs Brighthouse	0.0%	1	172
TIAA vs Brighthouse	0.0%	1	172
Goldman Sachs vs Brighthouse	0.0%	1	172
WisdomTree vs Brighthouse	0.0%	1	171
Northern Trust vs Brighthouse	0.0%	1	173
Fidelity vs Brighthouse	66.7%	3	186
Prudential/PGIM vs Brighthouse	66.7%	3	190

Most alike

Pair	Same position	Items where both took one	Split items (not in %)
Equitable vs John Hancock	100.0%	58	103
BlackRock vs Equitable	100.0%	73	89
Dimensional vs Equitable	100.0%	79	95
Equitable vs Franklin Templeton	100.0%	80	87
Equitable vs WisdomTree	100.0%	82	90
Equitable vs ProShares	100.0%	83	89
Invesco vs Equitable	100.0%	83	91
American Century vs Equitable	100.0%	83	91
Equitable vs Goldman Sachs	100.0%	84	90
Fidelity vs Equitable	100.0%	87	101

How this is counted

Which managers: The 20 managers that reported the most votes on Form N-PX for the season. A “manager” is the fund family as it appears on its own manager page.
Common items: One proposal at one company meeting that both managers voted on. Two filings are matched to the same proposal by the company’s CUSIP number, the meeting date and the proposal’s wording, not by how the company’s name was spelled. Funds that reported “not voted”, frequency ballots (one, two or three years) and votes whose direction cannot be established are left out.
Same position: A manager’s position on an item is the vote all of its voting funds cast: FOR, AGAINST (AGAINST and WITHHOLD are counted as the same position, both opposing the item) or ABSTAIN. If its funds did not all vote the same way, its position is “split”. Each fund counts once per item, whatever its share count.
The percentage: Of the common items on which both managers took a single position, the share where it was the same one. Items where either manager split are not in the percentage; they are counted beside it and listed on the pair’s page.
Board, E&S and other: Who put an item on the ballot, as on the manager pages: the filers’ own N-PX answer, Item 1(h), where they give it. “Other” is everything else, including governance proposals from shareholders.

Built October 13, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings. See the methodology.