Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
$159.76+0.26 (+0.16%)
- 0.06%
- $101.7B
- +20.0%
- 1.51%
- 2.8M sh
- $159.26
- low $133.65high $162.71
The ETF.net VT Grade
A
Score 78 out of 100
- 1 of 6
Score 78 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A88 out of 100Rank 1 of 6Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 6Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C48 out of 100Rank 3 of 6Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B58 out of 100Rank 3 of 6Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A73 out of 100Rank 2 of 6Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A83 out of 100Rank 1 of 6
Our read on VT
AOne ticker, the whole investable stock market: roughly 9,800 stocks across developed and emerging markets, weighted by what the market says they're worth. There is no US-versus-international call left for you to make.
The fund seeks to passively track the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which represents large-, mid-, and small-capitalization stocks of companies in developed and emerging markets worldwide.
Why people hold it
- 0.06% a year, against a 0.45% median for the index wrappers it competes with. Worldwide coverage for a rounding error.
- Its benchmark comes from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series, which covers 98% of the world's investable market cap: large, mid and small caps, developed and emerging alike.personal1.vanguard.com
- Passively run with index sampling and kept fully invested. Tracking of the index has been about as tight as this cohort gets, and it trades actively enough to keep spreads thin.workplace.vanguard.com
- Live since 2008 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, it ranks among the strongest implementations in its peer group. Pays quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Market-cap weighting hands the steering wheel to the market. The biggest countries and companies dominate, and those weights drift with prices, never tilting back.investor.vanguard.compersonal1.vanguard.com
- All equity, all the time: emerging markets and unhedged foreign currency come with the package, and there is no bond sleeve to cushion a selloff.
- Single-market index funds shave the fee further (SCHK at 0.03%, SPYV at 0.04%). Global reach costs a couple of basis points more.
VT Holdings
- Stocks
- 10,087
- 21%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology30.7%
- Financials16.5%
- Industrials10.9%
- Consumer Discretionary8.7%
- Health Care8.6%
- Communication7.1%
- Consumer Staples4.5%
- Materials4.4%
- Energy4.0%
- Utilities2.3%
- Real Estate2.2%
Geography
- United States61.98%
- Japan5.90%
- Taiwan3.28%
- United Kingdom3.19%
- Canada3.08%
- China2.68%
- Korea2.41%
- France1.91%
- 15.56%
Developed 66% · Emerging 34%
VT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VT$11,996
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | VT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.0% |
| 1 month | 0.0% |
| 3 months | +1.4% |
| 1 year | +20.0% |
| 3 years | +21.6% |
| 5 years | +11.4% |
| 10 years | +12.6% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | VT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.0% | |
| 2025 | +22.4% | |
| 2024 | +16.5% | |
| 2023 | +22.0% | |
| 2022 | −18.0% | |
| 2021 | +18.3% | |
| 2020 | +16.6% |
VT in the news
VT Dividends
- 1.51%
- $2.41
- $0.41 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
VT Risk
- 11.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.35
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −26.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.93
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VT Cost
0.06%
VT0.06%
- The middle half of MSCI ACWI / World funds
- Median 0.26%
No MSCI ACWI / World fund charges less.
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