ETF comparison

VTvsVTI

Global Stock (incl. US) vs US Total Market.

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
60.3%

1,498 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VT and VTI would leave roughly60.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VT only 38.9%Shared 60.3%VTI only 39.5%
In VT only
8,519 positions
Shared
1,498 positions
In VTI only
2,006 positions

Side by side

VT

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Global Stock (incl. US)

92composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$101.67B
TTM yield
1.57%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%
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

94
Cost
97
85
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
83
Concentration
69
Tracking quality
VTsub-scoreVTI

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

Cost difference

VTI is 3 bps cheaper than VT. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for VT.

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 VT vs VTI.

Top shared holdings

1,498 shared in total
#HoldingIn VTIn VTIOverlap
1NVIDIA Corp4.19%6.36%4.19%
2Apple Inc3.50%5.87%3.50%
3Microsoft Corp2.71%3.83%2.71%
4Amazon.com Inc2.28%3.19%2.28%
5Alphabet Inc2.03%2.90%2.03%
6Broadcom Inc1.73%2.47%1.73%
7Alphabet Inc1.60%2.28%1.60%
8Meta Platforms Inc1.20%1.71%1.20%
9Tesla Inc0.97%1.64%0.97%
10JPMorgan Chase & Co0.71%1.12%0.71%
11Berkshire Hathaway Inc0.69%1.24%0.69%
12Eli Lilly & Co0.67%1.40%0.67%

Only in VT

8,519 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd1.51%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd0.64%
  • ASML Holding NV0.50%
  • SK hynix Inc0.43%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd0.34%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC0.28%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.26%
  • AstraZeneca PLC0.25%
  • Novartis AG0.25%
  • Nestle SA0.23%

Only in VTI

2,006 total
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp0.14%
  • Honeywell International Inc0.10%
  • Honeywell Aerospace Inc0.10%
  • Carnival Corp Ltd0.05%
  • DuPont de Nemours Inc0.03%
  • Fedex Freight Holding Co Inc0.02%
  • Medline Inc0.02%
  • Applied Optoelectronics Inc0.02%
  • Argan Inc0.01%
  • Powell Industries Inc0.01%

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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.