ETF comparison
VTI vs XLG
US Total Market vs US Large Cap.
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF · Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VTI and XLG would leave roughly 54.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VTI is 17 bps cheaper than XLG. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for XLG.
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 XLG.
Top shared holdings
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In VTI | In XLG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 6.36% | 12.06% | 6.36% |
| 2 | Apple Inc | 5.87% | 11.26% | 5.87% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp | 3.83% | 8.56% | 3.83% |
| 4 | Amazon.com Inc | 3.19% | 6.60% | 3.19% |
| 5 | Alphabet Inc | 2.90% | 5.18% | 2.90% |
| 6 | Broadcom Inc | 2.47% | 4.57% | 2.47% |
| 7 | Alphabet Inc | 2.28% | 4.18% | 2.28% |
| 8 | Micron Technology Inc | 1.80% | 2.30% | 1.80% |
| 9 | Meta Platforms Inc | 1.71% | 3.03% | 1.71% |
| 10 | Tesla Inc | 1.64% | 2.17% | 1.64% |
| 11 | Eli Lilly & Co | 1.40% | 2.25% | 1.40% |
| 12 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 1.31% | 1.93% | 1.31% |
Only in VTI
3,454 total- Exxon Mobil Corp 0.78%
- Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.38%
- Marvell Technology Inc 0.37%
- RTX Corp 0.35%
- Western Digital Corp 0.30%
- Citigroup Inc 0.30%
- Amphenol Corp 0.30%
- Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.30%
- Corning Inc 0.27%
- Amgen Inc 0.27%
Only in XLG
2 total- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.60%
- Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 0.03%
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More comparisons with XLG
- XLG vs QQQ · Invesco QQQ Trust 51.6%
- XLG vs CGUS · Capital Group Core Equity ETF 48.9%
- XLG vs TCAF · T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Equity ETF 44.8%
- XLG vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 40.8%
- XLG vs FNDX · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF 38.5%
- XLG vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 38.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.