GGTL vs VGT: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Gabelli Global Technology Leaders ETF

GGTLFNYSE Arca

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGTANYSE Arca

Overlap

23.4%by weight

Expense ratio

VGT −0.81pt a year

GGTL0.90%VGT0.09%

Avg volume · 30D

VGT 2007.0×the volume

GGTL2.11KVGT4.23M

3Y return · a year

VGT +11.6pt

GGTL+18.3%VGT+29.9%

GGTL vs VGT Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Nov 2, 2026

+10.4%GGTL+15.3%VGT

Expense ratio: GGTL 0.90%; VGT 0.09%, better
Fund size: GGTL $15M; VGT $178B
1Y total return: GGTL +10.4%; VGT +15.3%, better
Yield (12M): GGTL 0.92%, better; VGT 0.42%
Holdings: GGTL 75; VGT 324
Avg volume (30D): GGTL 2.11K sh; VGT 4.23M sh, better
NAV per share: GGTL $35.99; VGT $116.95
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for GGTL, VGT, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	GGTL	VGT
Cost30% weight	F4	A92Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	A84
Risk15% weight	B57	B60Higher
Tradability15% weight	F6	B57Higher
Holdings10% weight	Not scored	C41
Durability5% weight	F10	A93Higher

Rank among Technology (Broad) funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. GGTL and VGT are both graded against the same 23 Technology (Broad) funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Technology (Broad)⁠

Category · 23 funds

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VGT ranks 3rd and GGTL 23rd of 23 funds in the Technology (Broad) Category.

Rank 1AXLKState Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETFScore 82
Rank 2AFTECFidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETFScore 78
Rank 3AVGTVanguard Information Technology ETFScore 71
Rank 4BRSPTInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETFScore 68
Rank 22FTEKiShares Technology Opportunities Active ETFScore 20
Rank 23FGGTLGabelli Global Technology Leaders ETFScore 17

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

GGTLFGabelli Global Technology Leaders ETF

VGTAVanguard Information Technology ETF

In short

GGTL Gabelli's stock-picking answer to the tech index giants: an actively run, go-anywhere portfolio aiming at capital appreciation with a robotics and automation tilt. Small, hands-on, and priced like the boutique it is at 0.90%.

VGT Vanguard's technology sleeve, indexed since 2004: roughly 300 US tech stocks running from megacap giants down to small caps, for 0.09% a year. Broad coverage of the sector rather than just its household names.

Stated mandate

GGTL The fund's objective is to achieve capital appreciation.

VGT The fund seeks to track an index measuring the investment return of information technology stocks. It uses an indexing approach for large-, mid-, and small-capitalization U.S. technology companies and normally invests at least 80% of assets in target-index stocks.

Why people hold it

GGTL Actively managed rather than index-bound, so the manager can hold tech leaders wherever they list. The mandate is explicitly global, not US-only.
The robotics and automation tilt is a sharper cut than broad tech, where a handful of mega-caps dominate the index trackers.
Live since 2022, so you can judge it on a real multi-year record instead of a backtest.

VGT Casts a wide net: about 300 US technology stocks across large, mid and small caps, not just the megacap names everyone already knows.vanguard.com
Charges 0.09% a year, roughly a quarter of what the typical technology sector ETF asks.
One of the largest and most actively traded sector funds around, and it has followed its index closely.
Running since 2004 and among the strongest implementations in its technology peer group. Pays quarterly.

Worth knowing

GGTL At 0.90%, it costs more than double the tech cohort's 0.40% median and roughly ten times the big index options (VGT at 0.09%, XLK at 0.08%).
A small asset base and thin trading mean wider bid-ask spreads than the category's heavily traded names.
Active means no index to hold it to; outcomes ride on the manager's picks. Cash payouts are infrequent, on an annual or semiannual schedule.

VGT Weighted by market value, so the biggest platform companies drive most of the return. The small caps are along for the ride.
One sector, one country: US technology only, which means bigger swings than a total market fund.
If the last basis point matters, XLK and FTEC list at 0.08%.

Full GGTL profile⁠

Full VGT profile⁠

GGTL vs VGT Holdings

How GGTL and VGT differ

Overlap by weight

23.4%

Shared holdings make up 52.3% of VGT and 44.1% of GGTL.

Level by level

Holdings30 in both23.4%
Countryby domicile44.5%
Sector7 Sectors87.0%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in GGTL and VGT, widest gap first
Sector	More in GGTLMore in VGT	GGTL	VGT
Technology	VGT +12.6 points	86.7%	99.3%
Communication	GGTL +4.8 points	4.8%	0.0%
Industrials	GGTL +4.6 points	4.9%	0.3%
Materials	GGTL +1.8 points	1.8%	0.0%
Consumer Discretionary	GGTL +1.7 points	1.8%	0.1%
Financials	VGT +0.3 points	0.0%	0.3%
Health Care	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in GGTL and VGT, widest gap first
Country	More in GGTLMore in VGT	GGTL	VGT
United States	VGT +55.5 points	44.5%	100.0%
Japan	GGTL +33.9 points	33.9%	0.0%
Taiwan	GGTL +14.9 points	14.9%	0.0%
South Korea	GGTL +3.1 points	3.1%	0.0%
Israel	GGTL +2.6 points	2.6%	0.0%
Netherlands	GGTL +1.1 points	1.1%	0.0%

Outside the US: GGTL 63% developed, 37% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

GGTL35.2%
VGT63.6%

Securities held

GGTL75
VGT321

Asset class

GGTL: Equity
VGT: Equity

Holdings

Only in GGTL45
In both30
Only in VGT291

Only in GGTL

45 securities, 56.2% of GGTL by weight

Taiwan Semiconductor-Sp Adr7.26%
Treasury Bill 0 12/17/20264.07%
Sony Group Corp - Sp Adr3.78%
Check Point Software Tech2.53%
Advantest Corp2.21%
Sk Hynix Inc-Adr2.07%
Renesas Electronics Corp1.98%
Nintendo Co Ltd-Unspons Adr1.50%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd1.47%
Mediatek Inc1.45%
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd1.35%
Ferrotec Corp1.22%
Asia Vital Components1.21%
Tokyo Electron Ltd1.15%
Nintendo Co Ltd1.13%
Arm Holdings Plc-Adr1.10%
Lenovo Group Ltd-Adr1.09%
Macnica Holdings Inc1.05%
Screen Holdings Co Ltd1.03%
Ushio Inc1.02%
Nidec Corp1.00%
Kokusai Electric Corp0.94%
Disco Corp0.90%
Netflix Inc0.89%
Amazon.com Inc0.88%
Sk Hynix Inc0.85%
Alphabet Inc-Cl A0.85%
Ase Technology Holding Co Lt0.82%
Toto Ltd0.78%
Rs Technologies Co Ltd0.73%
Maruwa Co Ltd0.71%
Asml Holding Nv-Ny Reg Shs0.69%
Delta Electronics Inc0.69%
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co Ltd0.68%
Globalfoundries Inc0.67%
Kioxia Holdings Corp0.64%
Hon Hai Precision Industry0.63%
Celestica Inc0.62%
Rorze Corp0.50%
Nitto Boseki Co Ltd0.45%
Softbank Group Corp0.41%
Stratasys Ltd0.35%
Rigaku Holdings Corp0.33%
Tekscend Photomask Corp0.32%
Towa Corp0.19%

Only in VGT

291 securities, 47.6% of VGT by weight

Apple Inc15.91%
Intel Corp1.98%
Cisco Systems Inc1.60%
Palantir Technologies Inc1.55%
Applied Materials Inc1.53%
Palo Alto Networks Inc1.24%
Marvell Technology Inc0.88%
Amphenol Corp0.80%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC0.79%
International Business Machines Corp0.77%
Salesforce Inc0.72%
Western Digital Corp0.61%
ServiceNow Inc0.54%
Corning Inc0.49%
Snowflake Inc0.45%
Accenture PLC0.45%
Cloudflare Inc0.45%
Adobe Inc0.39%
Cadence Design Systems Inc0.38%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co0.36%
Datadog Inc0.36%
Lumentum Holdings Inc0.30%
Intuit Inc0.30%
Keysight Technologies Inc0.27%
Teradyne Inc0.27%
Monolithic Power Systems Inc0.27%
TE Connectivity PLC0.27%
NXP Semiconductors NV0.26%
Astera Labs Inc0.23%
Ciena Corp0.21%
Twilio Inc0.21%
Coherent Corp0.21%
Everpure Inc0.20%
Autodesk Inc0.20%
NetApp Inc0.19%
Microchip Technology Inc0.19%
Okta Inc0.19%
Flex Ltd0.19%
Workday Inc0.18%
SLBBH11420.18%
Roper Technologies Inc0.16%
Strategy Inc0.16%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd0.15%
HP Inc0.15%
Atlassian Corp0.15%
Jabil Inc0.15%
Teledyne Technologies Inc0.14%
F5 Inc0.14%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp0.14%
Qnity Electronics Inc0.13%

Weight gaps

All 30 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in GGTL and VGT, widest gap first
Holding	More in GGTLMore in VGT	GGTL	VGT
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	VGT +15.30 points	2.28%	17.58%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	VGT +9.09 points	2.07%	11.16%
Micron Technology IncMU	VGT +2.85 points	1.60%	4.45%
Oracle CorpORCL	GGTL +2.42 points	3.27%	0.85%
Mks IncMKSI	GGTL +2.18 points	2.28%	0.10%
Fortinet IncFTNT	GGTL +2.08 points	2.54%	0.46%
Arista Networks IncANET	GGTL +1.96 points	2.81%	0.85%
Amkor Technology IncAMKR	GGTL +1.93 points	1.99%	0.06%
Broadcom IncAVGO	VGT +1.50 points	2.61%	4.11%
Texas Instruments IncTXN	GGTL +1.27 points	2.25%	0.98%
Super Micro Computer IncSMCI	GGTL +1.09 points	1.22%	0.13%
Synopsys IncSNPS	GGTL +1.01 points	1.34%	0.33%
Universal Display CorpOLED	GGTL +0.94 points	0.98%	0.04%
Kyndryl Holdings IncKD	GGTL +0.86 points	0.89%	0.03%
Motorola Solutions IncMSI	GGTL +0.80 points	1.11%	0.31%
A10 Networks IncATEN	GGTL +0.75 points	0.78%	0.03%
Kla CorpKLAC	GGTL +0.64 points	1.62%	0.98%
Entegris IncENTG	GGTL +0.53 points	0.66%	0.13%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - ACRWD	GGTL +0.49 points	1.51%	1.02%
Analog Devices IncADI	GGTL +0.47 points	1.22%	0.75%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	GGTL +0.37 points	4.04%	3.67%
On SemiconductorON	GGTL +0.32 points	0.46%	0.14%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	GGTL +0.21 points	1.76%	1.55%
Dell Technologies -CDELL	GGTL +0.20 points	0.85%	0.65%
Sandisk CorpSNDK	VGT +0.11 points	0.86%	0.97%
Belden IncBDC	GGTL +0.10 points	0.15%	0.05%
Ptc IncPTC	GGTL +0.07 points	0.17%	0.10%
N-Able IncNABL	GGTL +0.04 points	0.04%	<0.01%
Qualcomm IncQCOM	VGT +0.03 points	0.73%	0.76%
Gen Digital IncGEN	Same weight	0.07%	0.07%

All GGTL holdings⁠All 310 VGT 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.

GGTL vs VGT Cost

Overpaying GGTL vs VGT

$15,142

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

GGTL 0.90%
$17,040
VGT 0.09%
$1,898

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

GGTL 0.90%
VGT 0.09%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	GGTL	VGT	Overpaying
10	$1,593	$165	$1,428
20	$6,015	$646	$5,369
30	$17,040	$1,898	$15,142

Expense ratio

0.90%GGTL
0.09%VGT, cheaper

VGT0.09%GGTL0.90%

0.08%1.00%

Middle half of Technology (Broad) funds
Median 0.45%

VGT 3rd cheapest of 23 funds

GGTL 22nd cheapest of 23 funds

GGTL vs VGT Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026

Yield (12M): GGTL 0.92%, better; VGT 0.42%
Payout (12M): GGTL $0.33; VGT $0.47
Last payment: GGTL $0.33; VGT $0.15
Ex-dividend: GGTL Dec 29, 2025; VGT Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: GGTL Jan 9, 2026; VGT Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: GGTL Annual; VGT Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

GGTLAnnual · 4 paymentsAll GGTL payments⁠

VGTQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VGT payments⁠

GGTL vs VGT Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: GGTL 20.3%, betterVGT 22.2%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: GGTL 0.77VGT 1.19, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: GGTL −23.7%since Jan 2022VGT −35.1%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: GGTL 0.86VGT 1.35; Market = 1

GGTL and VGT in the news

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GGTL vs VGT

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it