ETF comparison

VNQvsVTI

Real Estate vs US Total Market.

Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
2.2%

141 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VNQ and VTI would leave roughly2.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VNQ only 97.5%Shared 2.2%VTI only 97.5%
In VNQ only
5 positions
Shared
141 positions
In VTI only
3,363 positions

Side by side

VNQ

Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Real Estate

76composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.13%
Net assets
$70.82B
TTM yield
3.69%
Top-10 conc.
54.7%
VTI

Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard · US Total Market

92composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$2.34T
TTM yield
1.04%
Top-10 conc.
32.0%

Sub-score comparison

87
Cost
97
56
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
36
Concentration
69
Tracking quality
VNQsub-scoreVTI

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

VTI is 10 bps cheaper than VNQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for VNQ.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with VNQ vs VTI.

Top shared holdings

141 shared in total
#HoldingIn VNQIn VTIOverlap
1Welltower Inc7.84%0.22%0.22%
2Prologis Inc7.00%0.17%0.17%
3Equinix Inc5.64%0.14%0.14%
4American Tower Corp4.54%0.11%0.11%
5Simon Property Group Inc3.53%0.10%0.10%
6Digital Realty Trust Inc3.66%0.09%0.09%
7Realty Income Corp3.11%0.08%0.08%
8Public Storage2.54%0.07%0.07%
9Ventas Inc2.19%0.06%0.06%
10CBRE Group Inc2.25%0.05%0.05%
11Iron Mountain Inc1.98%0.05%0.05%
12Crown Castle Inc2.05%0.05%0.05%

Only in VNQ

5 total
  • Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund14.63%
  • Landbridge Co LLC0.10%
  • Veris Residential Inc0.08%
  • Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc0.06%
  • Peakstone Realty Trust0.04%

Only in VTI

3,363 total
  • NVIDIA Corp6.36%
  • Apple Inc5.87%
  • Microsoft Corp3.83%
  • Amazon.com Inc3.19%
  • Alphabet Inc2.90%
  • Broadcom Inc2.47%
  • Alphabet Inc2.28%
  • Micron Technology Inc1.80%
  • Meta Platforms Inc1.71%
  • Tesla Inc1.64%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.