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SPGM vs VT

State Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF

SPGMANYSE Arca

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VTANYSE Arca

Overlap

Expense ratio

VT −0.03pt a year

SPGM0.09%VT0.06%

Avg volume · 30D

VT 14.5×the volume

SPGM180KVT2.6M

10Y return · a year

SPGM +0.1pt

SPGM+12.4%VT+12.3%

SPGM vs VT Performance

Oct 22, 2021 – Oct 23, 2026

+64.9%SPGM+61.4%VT

Oct 22, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026. SPGM +64.9%. VT +61.4%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−20%0%20%40%Oct 2021Apr 2024Oct 2026
Expense ratio
SPGM 0.09%
VT 0.06%, better
Fund size
SPGM $1.8B
VT $101B
1Y total return
SPGM +14.8%, better
VT +13.7%
Yield (12M)
SPGM 1.80%, better
VT 1.55%
Holdings
SPGM 2927
VT 10187
Avg volume (30D)
SPGM 180K sh
VT 2.6M sh, better
NAV per share
SPGM $85.70
VT $155.74
52W range

ETF.net Grade

SPGM: Cost 74, Risk 50, Mission 100, Tradability 49, Holdings 71, Durability 54. VT: Cost 88, Risk 46, Mission 100, Tradability 58, Holdings 48, Durability 83.
Pillar letters and Scores for SPGM, VT, with each pillar’s weight
PillarSPGMVT
Cost30% weightA74A88Higher
Mission25% weightA100A100
Risk15% weightC50HigherC46
Tradability15% weightC49B58Higher
Holdings10% weightA71HigherC48
Durability5% weightC54A83Higher

Rank among MSCI ACWI / World funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. SPGM 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 SPGM 2nd of 6 funds in the MSCI ACWI / World Category.

  1. Rank 1AVTVanguard Total World Stock ETFScore 75
  2. Rank 2ASPGMState Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETFScore 71
  3. Rank 3BACWIiShares MSCI ACWI ETFScore 61

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

SPGMAState Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF

VTAVanguard Total World Stock ETF

In short

SPGM One ticker for the whole investable world. SPGM tracks MSCI's ACWI IMI index, holding roughly 2,900 stocks across developed and emerging markets, and charges 0.09% a year to do it.

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

SPGM The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return performance of the MSCI ACWI IMI Index.

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

  • SPGM 0.09% a year, against a 0.45% median for the index-wrapper funds it competes with. That gap compounds quietly in your favor.
  • Roughly 2,900 stocks in one line item: US, developed foreign, emerging. No rebalancing between three regional funds, no home-country blind spot.ssga.com
  • Pure replication, done tightly: the fund has stuck close to the MSCI ACWI IMI index it promises, one of the cleaner implementations among the index trackers we cover.ssga.com
  • Live since 2012 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund, so it is not a launch-year experiment hunting for assets.
  • 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

  • SPGM Vanguard's VT covers similar all-world ground for 0.06%. Small gap, but real if fee is your only tiebreaker.
  • Owning the world means owning its currencies and its emerging markets. Foreign swings show up in your return, unsmoothed.
  • Moderately traded rather than a volume monster, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than the busiest global funds.
  • 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.comvanguard.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.

Full SPGM profile⁠

Full VT profile⁠

SPGM vs VT Holdings

Sectors

SPGMVT

  • TechnologySPGM 29.6%VT —
  • FinancialsSPGM 16.7%VT —
  • IndustrialsSPGM 11.7%VT —
  • Health CareSPGM 8.9%VT —
  • Consumer DiscretionarySPGM 8.8%VT —
  • CommunicationSPGM 7.7%VT —
  • Consumer StaplesSPGM 4.8%VT —
  • EnergySPGM 4.6%VT —
  • MaterialsSPGM 3.6%VT —
  • UtilitiesSPGM 2.1%VT —
  • Real EstateSPGM 1.5%VT —

SPGM vs VT Cost

Expense ratio

  • 0.09%SPGM
  • 0.06%VT, cheaper
  • Middle half of MSCI ACWI / World funds
  • Median 0.26%

VT cheapest of 6 funds

SPGM 2nd cheapest of 6 funds

$628less in fees with VT over 30 years, on $10,000 invested

$0$500$1,000$1,500$2,000$2,500Start10 years20 years30 years

Assumes $10,000 invested once and 7% growth a year before fees.

SPGM vs VT Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 23, 2026
Yield (12M)
SPGM 1.80%, better
VT 1.55%
Payout (12M)
SPGM $1.54
VT $2.41
Last payment
SPGM $0.67
VT $0.41
Ex-dividend
SPGM Jun 1, 2026
VT Sep 18, 2026
Paid on
SPGM Jun 5, 2026
VT Sep 22, 2026
Frequency
SPGM Twice a year
VT Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

SPGMTwice a year · 19 paymentsAll SPGM payments⁠
One bar per payment. 19 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Jun 16, 2017 $0.31; Dec 15, 2017 $0.59; Jun 1, 2018 $0.29; Dec 21, 2018 $0.37; Jun 3, 2019 $0.44; Dec 20, 2019 $0.61; Jun 1, 2020 $0.26; Dec 18, 2020 $0.45; Jun 1, 2021 $0.43; Dec 17, 2021 $0.69; Jun 1, 2022 $0.54; Dec 16, 2022 $0.57; Jun 1, 2023 $0.59; Dec 15, 2023 $0.57; Jun 3, 2024 $0.55; Dec 18, 2024 $0.71; Jun 2, 2025 $0.58; Nov 25, 2025 $0.87; Jun 1, 2026 $0.67. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$12017202020232026YTD
VTQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VT payments⁠
One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 29, 2017 $0.25; Jun 28, 2017 $0.47; Sep 27, 2017 $0.35; Dec 19, 2017 $0.49; Mar 26, 2018 $0.26; Jun 22, 2018 $0.55; Sep 26, 2018 $0.36; Dec 24, 2018 $0.49; Mar 25, 2019 $0.28; Jun 17, 2019 $0.55; Sep 24, 2019 $0.43; Dec 23, 2019 $0.61; Mar 23, 2020 $0.22; Jun 22, 2020 $0.36; Sep 21, 2020 $0.40; Dec 21, 2020 $0.55; Mar 22, 2021 $0.25; Jun 21, 2021 $0.50; Sep 20, 2021 $0.41; Dec 20, 2021 $0.79; Mar 21, 2022 $0.26; Jun 21, 2022 $0.60; Sep 19, 2022 $0.40; Dec 19, 2022 $0.64; Mar 20, 2023 $0.29; Jun 20, 2023 $0.65; Sep 18, 2023 $0.41; Dec 18, 2023 $0.80; Mar 15, 2024 $0.42; Jun 21, 2024 $0.58; Sep 20, 2024 $0.42; Dec 20, 2024 $0.88; Mar 21, 2025 $0.39; Jun 20, 2025 $0.59; Sep 19, 2025 $0.48; Dec 19, 2025 $1.12; Mar 20, 2026 $0.33; Jun 18, 2026 $0.56; Sep 18, 2026 $0.41. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$12017202020232026YTD

SPGM vs VT Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

  • SPGM
  • VT
Oct 22, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026. Worst fall: VT −26.4% · Oct 2022. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−25%−20%−15%−10%−5%0%Oct 2021Apr 2024Oct 2026

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
SPGM 11.7%VT 11.7%Same figure. Both funds show the same value, so neither comes out ahead.
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
SPGM 1.39, betterVT 1.35
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
SPGM −25.9%, betterVT −26.4%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
SPGM 0.93VT 0.93Same figure. Both funds show the same value, so neither comes out ahead.

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