ETF comparison
VTIvsVXUS
US Total Market vs International Total.
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VTI and VXUS would leave roughly0.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost calculator pre-filled with VTI vs VXUS.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In VTI | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Connections Inc | 0.06% | 0.10% | 0.06% |
| 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 | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| 5 | Sempra | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in VTI
3,499 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%
Only in VXUS
8,723 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd3.93%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.65%
- ASML Holding NV1.30%
- SK hynix Inc1.12%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC0.74%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.69%
- Roche Holding AG0.67%
- AstraZeneca PLC0.66%
- Novartis AG0.66%
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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.