ETF comparison
VT vs VTI
Global Stock (incl. US) vs US Total Market.
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,509 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VT and VTI would leave roughly 60.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 the cost calculator pre-filled with VT vs VTI.
Top shared holdings
1,509 shared in total| # | Holding | In VT | In VTI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 4.19% | 6.42% | 4.19% |
| 2 | Apple Inc | 3.50% | 5.94% | 3.50% |
| 3 | Microsoft Corp | 2.71% | 4.38% | 2.71% |
| 4 | Amazon.com Inc | 2.28% | 3.21% | 2.28% |
| 5 | Alphabet Inc | 2.03% | 2.67% | 2.03% |
| 6 | Broadcom Inc | 1.73% | 2.34% | 1.73% |
| 7 | Alphabet Inc | 1.60% | 2.11% | 1.60% |
| 8 | Meta Platforms Inc | 1.20% | 2.00% | 1.20% |
| 9 | Tesla Inc | 0.97% | 1.67% | 0.97% |
| 10 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 0.71% | 1.19% | 0.71% |
| 11 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 0.69% | 1.37% | 0.69% |
| 12 | Eli Lilly & Co | 0.67% | 1.25% | 0.67% |
Only in VT
8,508 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.51%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.64%
- ASML Holding NV 0.50%
- SK hynix Inc 0.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.34%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.28%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.26%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.25%
- Novartis AG 0.25%
- Nestle SA 0.23%
Only in VTI
1,971 total- Hologic Inc 0.03%
- Medline Inc 0.02%
- Argan Inc 0.01%
- Arcellx Inc 0.01%
- Air Lease Corp 0.01%
- Erie Indemnity Co 0.01%
- Sealed Air Corp 0.01%
- Applied Optoelectronics Inc 0.01%
- Figma Inc 0.01%
- Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.01%
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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.