DGT vs VT: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

State Street SPDR Global Dow ETF

DGTCNYSE Arca

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VTANYSE Arca

Overlap

28.7%by weight

Expense ratio

VT −0.44pt a year

DGT0.50%VT0.06%

Avg volume · 30D

VT 205.2×the volume

DGT12.7KVT2.61M

10Y return · a year

DGT +1.6pt

DGT+13.9%VT+12.3%

DGT vs VT Performance

Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 9, 2026

+92.0%DGT+57.8%VT

Expense ratio: DGT 0.50%; VT 0.06%, better
Fund size: DGT $658M; VT $81.8B
1Y total return: DGT +20.4%, better; VT +14.0%
Yield (12M): DGT 2.48%, better; VT 1.55%
Holdings: DGT 173; VT 10219
Avg volume (30D): DGT 12.7K sh; VT 2.61M sh, better
NAV per share: DGT $186.70; VT $151.62
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DGT, VT, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DGT	VT
Cost30% weight	F13	A88Higher
Mission25% weight	A94	A100Higher
Risk15% weight	A76Higher	C50
Tradability15% weight	D29	B58Higher
Holdings10% weight	A81Higher	B66
Durability5% weight	C44	A79Higher

Rank among MSCI ACWI / World funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. DGT and VT are both graded against the same 6 MSCI ACWI / World funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

MSCI ACWI / World⁠

Category · 6 funds

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VT ranks 1st and DGT 6th of 6 funds in the MSCI ACWI / World Category.

Rank 1AVTVanguard Total World Stock ETFScore 78
Rank 2ASPGMState Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETFScore 71
Rank 5BIOOiShares Global 100 ETFScore 56
Rank 6CDGTState Street SPDR Global Dow ETFScore 53

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DGTCState Street SPDR Global Dow ETF

VTAVanguard Total World Stock ETF

In short

DGT Most global funds rank the world by market cap. DGT tracks the Global Dow: 150 blue chips chosen by a committee for their weight in the world economy, each held in equal size and reset to equal every September. A curated list, not a size ladder.

VT One 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.

Stated mandate

DGT The fund seeks to provide investment results that generally correspond to the total return performance of the Global Dow Index before fees and expenses.

VT 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

DGT Equal weighting, reset to equal each September, so no single megacap dominates the portfolio the way it does in cap-weighted global funds.ssga.com
Membership is judgment, not a screen: S&P Dow Jones picks the roughly 150 names on size, reputation and importance to the global economy, across developed and emerging markets.ssga.com
Trading since 2000, a plain 1940 Act index fund that pays quarterly and hugs its benchmark closely. Top-quartile implementation among index wrappers we track.

VT 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.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.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

DGT The curation costs money: 0.50% a year, above the median index wrapper and well above cap-weighted global funds like VT at 0.06%.
Thinly traded, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than on the household-name global funds.
About 150 equally weighted names is a narrower, less megacap-driven slice of the world than total-market funds holding thousands of stocks.

VT 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.vanguard.com vanguard.com 2
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.

Full DGT profile⁠

Full VT profile⁠

DGT vs VT Holdings

How DGT and VT differ

Overlap by weight

28.7%

Shared holdings make up 93.8% of DGT and 45.5% of VT.

Level by level

Holdings144 in both28.7%
Sector11 Sectors83.5%
Countryby domicile86.7%
Asset classStocks100%

Sector

Sector weights in DGT and VT, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	DGT	VT
Technology	VT +14.4 points	17.6%	32.0%
Health Care	DGT +3.4 points	12.0%	8.6%
Consumer Staples	DGT +3.2 points	7.6%	4.4%
Industrials	DGT +2.8 points	13.7%	10.9%
Consumer Discretionary	DGT +2.5 points	11.0%	8.5%
Energy	DGT +2.0 points	6.0%	4.0%
Utilities	DGT +1.3 points	3.6%	2.3%
Communication	VT +1.3 points	6.2%	7.5%
Financials	DGT +1.2 points	17.0%	15.8%
Real Estate	VT +0.8 points	1.4%	2.2%
Materials	Same weight	3.9%	3.9%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DGT and VT, widest gap first
Country	Gap	DGT	VT
Taiwan	VT +2.9 points	0.6%	3.5%
United Kingdom	DGT +2.8 points	5.9%	3.1%
France	DGT +2.7 points	4.5%	1.8%
Canada	VT +2.3 points	0.7%	3.0%
Germany	DGT +2.3 points	4.0%	1.7%
United States	VT +2.2 points	60.2%	62.4%
Switzerland	DGT +1.6 points	3.4%	1.8%
South Korea	VT +1.5 points	1.0%	2.5%
Other countries (31)	VT +0.5 points	19.7%	20.2%

Outside the US: DGT 79% developed, 21% emerging. VT 65% developed, 35% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DGT8.3%
VT22.3%

Securities held

DGT156
VT10,155

Asset class

DGT: Stocks
VT: Stocks

Holdings

Only in DGT12
In both144
Only in VT10,011

Only in DGT

12 securities, 5.5% of DGT by weight

Tata Consultancy Svcs Ltd0.78%
America Movil Sab De C Ser B0.75%
Reliance Industries Limited0.67%
Basf SE0.67%
Generali0.64%
Taiwan Semiconductor Sp Adr0.58%
Shell PLC0.54%
Alibaba Group Holding Sp Adr0.34%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd0.27%
Samsung Electr Gdr Reg’s0.21%
Reliance Inds Spons Gdr 144A0.04%
Mexican Peso (New)<0.01%

Only in VT

10,011 securities, 53.8% of VT by weight

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd1.62%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd0.77%
SLBBH11420.54%
Mastercard Inc0.38%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc0.23%
KLA Corp0.22%
Texas Instruments Inc0.22%
Sandisk Corp0.21%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc0.21%
Marvell Technology Inc0.20%
MediaTek Inc0.19%
Citigroup Inc0.18%
Arista Networks Inc0.18%
Morgan Stanley0.18%
Amphenol Corp0.18%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC0.18%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The0.16%
Analog Devices Inc0.16%
Shopify Inc0.15%
Schneider Electric SE0.15%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia0.15%
Eaton Corp PLC0.14%
Welltower Inc0.14%
Tokyo Electron Ltd0.14%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC0.14%
Dell Technologies Inc0.14%
Blackrock Inc0.14%
Advantest Corp0.14%
Charles Schwab Corp/The0.14%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc0.14%
Iberdrola SA0.13%
Western Digital Corp0.13%
MSCI EAFE Dec260.13%
Hitachi Ltd0.13%
TJX Cos Inc/The0.12%
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd0.12%
Intuitive Surgical Inc0.12%
Danaher Corp0.12%
Delta Electronics Inc0.12%
Uber Technologies Inc0.11%
Kioxia Holdings Corp0.11%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc0.11%
Safran SA0.11%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co0.11%
Unilever PLC0.11%
Airbus SE0.11%
Siemens Energy AG0.10%
Corning Inc0.10%
DBS Group Holdings Ltd0.10%
Progressive Corp/The0.10%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 144 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in DGT and VT, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	DGT	VT
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	VT +3.96 points	0.56%	4.52%
Apple IncAAPL	VT +3.35 points	0.73%	4.08%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	VT +2.50 points	0.73%	3.23%
Alphabet Inc Class AGOOGL	VT +1.40 points	0.32%	1.72%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	VT +1.35 points	0.70%	2.05%
Alphabet Inc Class CGOOG	VT +1.09 points	0.26%	1.35%
Accenture PLC Class AACN	DGT +0.90 points	1.00%	0.10%
Carnival Corp LtdCCL	DGT +0.85 points	0.88%	0.03%
Broadcom IncAVGO	VT +0.84 points	0.55%	1.39%
Infosys Ltd Sp AdrINFY	DGT +0.78 points	0.78%	<0.01%
Dupont De Nemours IncDD	DGT +0.76 points	0.78%	0.02%
Ebay IncEBAY	DGT +0.76 points	0.80%	0.04%
PayPal Holdings IncPYPL	DGT +0.74 points	0.77%	0.03%
Meta Platforms Inc Class AMETA	VT +0.72 points	0.63%	1.35%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd	DGT +0.71 points	0.76%	0.05%
Honda Motor Co Ltd	DGT +0.71 points	0.74%	0.03%
Simon Property Group IncSPG	DGT +0.71 points	0.76%	0.05%
3M CoMMM	DGT +0.70 points	0.77%	0.07%
Colgate Palmolive CoCL	DGT +0.68 points	0.74%	0.06%
Canon Inc	DGT +0.68 points	0.70%	0.02%
United Parcel Service Class BUPS	DGT +0.68 points	0.74%	0.06%
Air Liquide SA	DGT +0.68 points	0.72%	0.04%
Intuit IncINTU	DGT +0.68 points	0.74%	0.06%
Honeywell International IncHON	DGT +0.67 points	0.73%	0.06%
Ericsson Lm B Shs	DGT +0.67 points	0.69%	0.02%
Travelers Cos Inc/TheTRV	DGT +0.67 points	0.73%	0.06%
National Grid PLCNG.L	DGT +0.67 points	0.73%	0.06%
Anheuser Busch Inbev Sa/Nv	DGT +0.67 points	0.73%	0.06%
American International GroupAIG	DGT +0.67 points	0.70%	0.03%
E.on SE	DGT +0.66 points	0.70%	0.04%
Nike Inc Class BNKE	DGT +0.66 points	0.70%	0.04%
Medtronic PLCMDT	DGT +0.66 points	0.75%	0.09%
Naspers Ltd N Shs	DGT +0.65 points	0.68%	0.03%
Mondelez International Inc AMDLZ	DGT +0.65 points	0.71%	0.06%
Duke Energy CorpDUK	DGT +0.65 points	0.72%	0.07%
Compagnie De Saint Gobain	DGT +0.64 points	0.67%	0.03%
China Construction Bank H	DGT +0.64 points	0.73%	0.09%
Ind & Comm Bk of China H	DGT +0.63 points	0.70%	0.07%
Engie	DGT +0.63 points	0.65%	0.02%
Sony Group Corp	DGT +0.63 points	0.75%	0.12%
Gilead Sciences IncGILD	DGT +0.62 points	0.78%	0.16%
Starbucks CorpSBUX	DGT +0.62 points	0.71%	0.09%
Fedex CorpFDX	DGT +0.62 points	0.67%	0.05%
Gsk PLCGSK.L	DGT +0.62 points	0.70%	0.08%
Amgen IncAMGN	DGT +0.61 points	0.80%	0.19%
Walt Disney Co/TheDIS	DGT +0.61 points	0.76%	0.15%
National Australia Bank Ltd	DGT +0.60 points	0.67%	0.07%
Telefonica SA	DGT +0.60 points	0.61%	0.01%
McDonald’s CorpMCD	DGT +0.60 points	0.74%	0.14%
Vinci SA	DGT +0.60 points	0.65%	0.05%
Astrazeneca PLCAZN.L	DGT +0.59 points	0.80%	0.21%
Bae Systems PLCBA.L	DGT +0.59 points	0.65%	0.06%
Pfizer IncPFE	DGT +0.57 points	0.71%	0.14%
Nextera Energy IncNEE	DGT +0.58 points	0.71%	0.13%
Sap SE	DGT +0.57 points	0.74%	0.17%
Toyota Motor Corp	DGT +0.57 points	0.73%	0.16%
Bp PLCBP.L	DGT +0.57 points	0.67%	0.10%
Hp IncHPQ	DGT +0.57 points	0.59%	0.02%
Novartis AG Reg	DGT +0.56 points	0.79%	0.23%
Linde PLCLIN	DGT +0.57 points	0.75%	0.18%
Mitsubishi Corp	DGT +0.56 points	0.64%	0.08%
Micron Technology IncMU	VT +0.56 points	0.46%	1.02%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	DGT +0.56 points	0.71%	0.15%
Adobe IncADBE	DGT +0.56 points	0.64%	0.08%
Pepsico IncPEP	DGT +0.55 points	0.70%	0.15%
Union Pacific CorpUNP	DGT +0.55 points	0.69%	0.14%
Petrobras Petroleo Bras Pr	DGT +0.55 points	0.59%	0.04%
Lvmh Moet Hennessy Louis Vui	DGT +0.55 points	0.64%	0.09%
ConocophillipsCOP	DGT +0.55 points	0.68%	0.13%
Anglo American PLCAAL.L	DGT +0.54 points	0.59%	0.05%
American Express CoAXP	DGT +0.53 points	0.67%	0.14%
Nestle SA Reg	DGT +0.53 points	0.73%	0.20%
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBNY	DGT +0.54 points	0.62%	0.08%
Deere & CoDE	DGT +0.53 points	0.67%	0.14%
Deutsche Bank AG Registered	DGT +0.53 points	0.58%	0.05%
Prologis IncPLD	DGT +0.53 points	0.63%	0.10%
Slb LtdSLB	DGT +0.53 points	0.59%	0.06%
Roche Holding AG	DGT +0.53 points	0.75%	0.22%
Howmet Aerospace IncHWM	DGT +0.52 points	0.60%	0.08%
Mitsui & Co Ltd	DGT +0.52 points	0.59%	0.07%
Booking Holdings IncBKNG	DGT +0.52 points	0.63%	0.11%
Intl Business Machines CorpIBM	DGT +0.51 points	0.69%	0.18%
Allianz SE Reg	DGT +0.52 points	0.67%	0.15%
Totalenergies SE	DGT +0.51 points	0.66%	0.15%
Home Depot IncHD	DGT +0.51 points	0.75%	0.24%
Cvs Health CorpCVS	DGT +0.50 points	0.59%	0.09%
Procter & Gamble Co/ThePG	DGT +0.49 points	0.78%	0.29%
Bnp Paribas	DGT +0.49 points	0.58%	0.09%
Unicredit Spa	DGT +0.48 points	0.59%	0.11%
Komatsu Ltd	DGT +0.47 points	0.51%	0.04%
Qualcomm IncQCOM	DGT +0.48 points	0.64%	0.16%
Philip Morris InternationalPM	DGT +0.47 points	0.72%	0.25%
Rio Tinto PLCRIO.L	DGT +0.47 points	0.55%	0.08%
Ubs Group AG Reg	DGT +0.46 points	0.59%	0.13%
Coca Cola Co/TheKO	DGT +0.46 points	0.74%	0.28%
Verizon Communications IncVZ	DGT +0.46 points	0.62%	0.16%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argenta	DGT +0.46 points	0.59%	0.13%
Siemens AG Reg	DGT +0.45 points	0.64%	0.19%
Boeing Co/TheBA	DGT +0.45 points	0.57%	0.12%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	DGT +0.45 points	0.79%	0.34%

All 152 DGT holdings⁠All 10,185 VT holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

DGT vs VT Cost

Overpaying DGT vs VT

$8,709

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

DGT 0.50%
$9,979
VT 0.06%
$1,270

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DGT 0.50%
VT 0.06%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DGT	VT	Overpaying
10	$900	$110	$790
20	$3,460	$432	$3,028
30	$9,979	$1,270	$8,709

Expense ratio

0.50%DGT
0.06%VT, cheaper

VT0.06%DGT0.50%

0.06%0.50%

Middle half of MSCI ACWI / World funds
Median 0.26%

VT cheapest of 6 funds

DGT 6th cheapest of 6 funds

DGT vs VT Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): DGT 2.48%, better; VT 1.55%
Payout (12M): DGT $4.76; VT $2.41
Last payment: DGT $0.48; VT $0.41
Ex-dividend: DGT Sep 21, 2026; VT Sep 18, 2026
Paid on: DGT Sep 23, 2026; VT Sep 22, 2026
Frequency: DGT Quarterly; VT Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

DGTQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll DGT payments⁠

VTQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VT payments⁠

DGT vs VT Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DGT 10.4%, betterVT 11.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DGT 1.74, betterVT 1.41
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DGT −25.2%, betterVT −26.3%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DGT 0.84VT 0.94; Market = 1

DGT and VT in the news

All news⁠

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Myriad's allocation fund gained 17%, 1.6 percentage points ahead of global stocks
Oct 2, 2026VT
First-Year Review
Cambria Global EW ETF's largest holding is another fund, about 25 times an equal share
Sep 25, 2026VT

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DGT vs VT

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How DGT and VT differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DGT

Only in VT

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

Myriad's allocation fund gained 17%, 1.6 percentage points ahead of global stocks

Cambria Global EW ETF's largest holding is another fund, about 25 times an equal share

How DGT and VT differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in DGT

Only in VT

Weight gaps