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VTI vs VXUS

US Total Market vs International Total.

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VTI and VXUS would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VTI only 99.5% Shared 0.1% VXUS only 97.1%
In VTI only
3,475 positions
Shared
5 positions
In VXUS only
8,723 positions

Side by side

VTI

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Total Market

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$2.30T
TTM yield
1.05%
Top-10 conc.
32.1%
VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Total

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$650.32B
TTM yield
2.58%
Top-10 conc.
13.4%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
95
88
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
68
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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VTI sub-score VXUS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VTI is 2 bps cheaper than VXUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VXUS.

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

Top shared holdings

5 shared in total
# Holding In VTI In VXUS Overlap
1 Waste Connections Inc 0.07% 0.10% 0.07%
2 Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.04% 0.07% 0.04%
3 RB Global Inc 0.03% 0.05% 0.03%
4 Energy Fuels Inc/Canada 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 Sempra 0.10% 0.00% 0.00%

Only in VTI

3,475 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 6.42%
  • Apple Inc 5.94%
  • Microsoft Corp 4.38%
  • Amazon.com Inc 3.21%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.67%
  • Broadcom Inc 2.34%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.11%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 2.00%
  • Tesla Inc 1.67%
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.37%

Only in VXUS

8,723 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.93%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.65%
  • ASML Holding NV 1.30%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.12%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.74%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.69%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.67%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.66%
  • Novartis AG 0.66%

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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.