SPTM vs VTHR: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF

SPTMANYSE Arca

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

VTHRBNasdaq

Overlap

89.9%by weight

Expense ratio

SPTM −0.03pt a year

SPTM0.03%VTHR0.06%

Avg volume · 30D

SPTM 16.7×the volume

SPTM484KVTHR29K

10Y return · a year

SPTM +0.3pt

SPTM+14.9%VTHR+14.6%

SPTM vs VTHR Performance

Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 9, 2026

+69.6%SPTM+64.7%VTHR

Expense ratio: SPTM 0.03%, better; VTHR 0.06%
Fund size: SPTM $13.7B; VTHR $4.9B
1Y total return: SPTM +13.8%, better; VTHR +13.6%
Yield (12M): SPTM 1.07%, better; VTHR 1.04%
Holdings: SPTM 1511; VTHR 2994
Avg volume (30D): SPTM 484K sh, better; VTHR 29K sh
NAV per share: SPTM $89.14; VTHR $324.38
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for SPTM, VTHR, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	SPTM	VTHR
Cost30% weight	A75Higher	C53
Mission25% weight	A100	A100
Risk15% weight	C54Higher	C48
Tradability15% weight	B69Higher	F23
Holdings10% weight	C49	C54Higher
Durability5% weight	B63Higher	B61

Rank among Total US Market funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. SPTM and VTHR are both graded against the same 10 Total US Market funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Total US Market⁠

Category · 10 funds

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SPTM ranks 3rd and VTHR 8th of 10 funds in the Total US Market Category.

Rank 1AITOTiShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETFScore 78
Rank 2ASCHBSchwab U.S. Broad Market ETFScore 75
Rank 3ASPTMState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETFScore 73
Rank 3AVTIVanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFScore 73
Rank 7BIWViShares Russell 3000 ETFScore 60
Rank 8BVTHRVanguard Russell 3000 ETFScore 59
Rank 9CIYYiShares Dow Jones U.S. ETFScore 53

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

SPTMAState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF

VTHRBVanguard Russell 3000 ETF

In short

SPTM One ticker for the whole US market ladder: about 1,500 large, mid and small caps from S&P's composite index at 3 basis points. Running since 2000, at half the fee of the typical total-market rival.

VTHR Most total-market ETFs track CRSP or S&P benchmarks. VTHR tracks the Russell 3000, the yardstick a lot of institutions actually report against, and charges 0.06% a year to do it.

Stated mandate

SPTM The fund seeks to provide investment results that generally correspond to the total return of the S&P Composite 1500 Index, offering broad U.S. equity exposure across market capitalizations.

VTHR The fund uses an indexing approach to track the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 98% of the U.S. equity market.

Why people hold it

SPTM 0.03% a year, half the 0.06% median for total-market rivals. In a category where cost is most of the argument, it sits in the cheap tier.
One job, done plainly: large, mid and small cap US stocks in a single wrapper, about 1,500 names, no sector bets or style tilts, and it has tracked its index closely.
Launched in 2000, so it has traded through the dot-com bust, 2008 and 2020. A multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands actively every day.
Stands in the upper half of its total-market peer group next to VTI, SCHB and ITOT, and matches ITOT's declared index at the same 0.03% fee.

VTHR The cheap seat on the Russell 3000: 0.06% a year, against 0.20% for IWV, the other ETF built on the same index.
One line item covers roughly 98% of the investable US equity market, mega caps down through small caps.vanguard.com
Vanguard has run it since 2010 with tracking that stays very tight to the index, so what lands in your account is the benchmark less a thin fee.
Plain vanilla plumbing: an index fund in a standard 1940 Act ETF wrapper, paying distributions quarterly.

Worth knowing

SPTM Liquidity is solid rather than category-leading. The largest total-market funds trade heavier, so spreads here can run a little wider on big or hurried orders.
US only. International stocks sit outside the mandate, so global exposure has to come from somewhere else in the portfolio.
Owning the whole US market means owning its drawdowns: no buffer, no hedge, no cash cushion. Cash comes back as a quarterly distribution.

VTHR Vanguard's own VTI covers nearly the same market for 0.03%. The extra basis points here buy you the Russell index specifically.
It trades thinly next to the giants in the total-market aisle, so limit orders and avoiding the open and close matter more.
The Russell 3000 rebuilds its membership on an annual reconstitution schedule, so index changes arrive on a calendar rather than continuously.vanguard.com

Full SPTM profile⁠

Full VTHR profile⁠

SPTM vs VTHR Holdings

How SPTM and VTHR differ

Overlap by weight

89.9%

Shared holdings make up 99.3% of SPTM and 95.3% of VTHR.

Level by level

Holdings1,491 in both89.9%
Sector11 Sectors94.9%
Countryby domicile99.5%
Asset classStocks100%

Sector

Sector weights in SPTM and VTHR, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	SPTM	VTHR
Technology	VTHR +4.1 points	33.7%	37.8%
Financials	SPTM +1.4 points	13.1%	11.7%
Communication	VTHR +1.0 points	8.3%	9.3%
Consumer Discretionary	SPTM +0.9 points	9.8%	8.9%
Consumer Staples	SPTM +0.9 points	5.1%	4.2%
Health Care	SPTM +0.6 points	10.6%	10.0%
Industrials	SPTM +0.5 points	9.2%	8.7%
Utilities	SPTM +0.3 points	2.2%	1.9%
Materials	SPTM +0.2 points	2.1%	1.9%
Real Estate	SPTM +0.2 points	2.3%	2.1%
Energy	Same weight	3.6%	3.6%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in SPTM and VTHR, widest gap first
Country	More in SPTMMore in VTHR	Gap	SPTM	VTHR
United States		VTHR +0.5 points	99.5%	100.0%
Other countries (8)		SPTM +0.5 points	0.5%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

SPTM34.7%
VTHR34.7%

Securities held

SPTM1,508
VTHR2,990

Asset class

SPTM: Stocks
VTHR: Stocks

Holdings

Only in SPTM17
In both1,491
Only in VTHR1,499

Only in SPTM

17 securities, 0.5% of SPTM by weight

Seagate Technology Holdings0.15%
Nxp Semiconductors NV0.09%
Te Connectivity PLC0.09%
Vylor Inc0.07%
Autoliv Inc0.01%
Erie Indemnity Company Class A0.01%
Federated Hermes Inc<0.01%
Msg Knickerbockers Corp<0.01%
Warner Music Group Corp Class A<0.01%
Brady Corporation Class A<0.01%
Msg Rangers Corp<0.01%
Skydance Corp<0.01%
Ezcorp Inc Class A<0.01%
Solaredge Technologies Inc<0.01%
Tootsie Roll Inds<0.01%
Contra Apellis Pharmac0.00%
Contra Hologic Incorpo0.00%

Only in VTHR

1,499 securities, 4.5% of VTHR by weight

Snowflake Inc0.15%
Cloudflare Inc0.15%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp0.13%
Spotify Technology SA0.10%
Warner Bros Discovery Inc0.10%
Natera Inc0.08%
Cheniere Energy Inc0.08%
Astera Labs Inc0.07%
Strategy Inc0.07%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc0.06%
NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands0.06%
Revolution Medicines Inc0.05%
Rocket Lab Corp0.05%
SLBBH11420.05%
Kenvue Inc0.05%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc0.04%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd0.04%
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc0.04%
Atlassian Corp0.04%
MongoDB Inc0.04%
CoreWeave Inc0.04%
ROBLOX Corp0.04%
Insmed Inc0.03%
LPL Financial Holdings Inc0.03%
Restaurant Brands International Inc0.03%
Zoom Communications Inc0.03%
Royalty Pharma PLC0.03%
Guardant Health Inc0.03%
Markel Group Inc0.03%
Zscaler Inc0.03%
SoFi Technologies Inc0.03%
Affirm Holdings Inc0.03%
Liberty Media Corp0.03%
Southern Copper Corp0.03%
Rubrik Inc0.02%
Coupang Inc0.02%
FTAI Aviation Ltd0.02%
HEICO Corp0.02%
IonQ Inc0.02%
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd0.02%
First Citizens BancShares Inc/NC0.02%
BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc0.02%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc0.02%
Medline Inc0.02%
AST SpaceMobile Inc0.02%
Circle Internet Group Inc0.02%
TRS:PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC USD 2027-Aug-310.02%
Unity Software Inc0.02%
GFL Environmental Inc0.02%
Rivian Automotive Inc0.02%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 1,491 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in SPTM and VTHR, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	SPTM	VTHR
Apple IncAAPL	SPTM +0.69 points	7.25%	6.56%
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	VTHR +0.69 points	6.56%	7.25%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	SPTM +0.53 points	5.72%	5.19%
Micron Technology IncMU	VTHR +0.50 points	1.13%	1.63%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	SPTM +0.41 points	3.70%	3.29%
Intel CorpINTC	VTHR +0.34 points	0.41%	0.75%
Alphabet Inc Class AGOOGL	VTHR +0.31 points	2.43%	2.74%
Eli Lilly & CoLLY	SPTM +0.32 points	1.58%	1.26%
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	VTHR +0.30 points	1.06%	1.36%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class BBRK.B	SPTM +0.29 points	1.55%	1.26%
Alphabet Inc Class CGOOG	VTHR +0.23 points	1.96%	2.19%
Meta Platforms Inc Class AMETA	VTHR +0.22 points	1.95%	2.17%
Visa Inc Class A SharesV	SPTM +0.22 points	1.05%	0.83%
Broadcom IncAVGO	VTHR +0.19 points	2.03%	2.22%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	VTHR +0.20 points	0.36%	0.56%
Walmart IncWMT	SPTM +0.18 points	0.80%	0.62%
Sandisk CorpSNDK	VTHR +0.16 points	0.18%	0.34%
Applied Materials IncAMAT	VTHR +0.17 points	0.38%	0.55%
Mastercard Inc AMA	SPTM +0.16 points	0.77%	0.61%
Marvell Technology IncMRVL	VTHR +0.13 points	0.18%	0.31%
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST	SPTM +0.13 points	0.68%	0.55%
Caterpillar IncCAT	VTHR +0.12 points	0.38%	0.50%
AbbVie IncABBV	SPTM +0.12 points	0.75%	0.63%
Home Depot IncHD	SPTM +0.11 points	0.50%	0.39%
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	SPTM +0.10 points	0.97%	0.87%
Chevron CorpCVX	SPTM +0.09 points	0.61%	0.52%
Procter & Gamble Co/ThePG	SPTM +0.10 points	0.56%	0.46%
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM	SPTM +0.09 points	1.29%	1.20%
Kla CorpKLAC	VTHR +0.09 points	0.26%	0.35%
Coca Cola Co/TheKO	SPTM +0.09 points	0.54%	0.45%
Accenture PLC Class AACN	SPTM +0.08 points	0.23%	0.15%
Exxonmobil Holdings CorpXOM	SPTM +0.08 points	0.99%	0.91%
Dell Technologies CDELL	VTHR +0.08 points	0.14%	0.22%
Western Digital CorpWDC	VTHR +0.07 points	0.14%	0.21%
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW	VTHR +0.07 points	0.37%	0.44%
McDonald’s CorpMCD	SPTM +0.07 points	0.29%	0.22%
UnitedHealth Group IncUNH	SPTM +0.06 points	0.51%	0.45%
Corteva IncCTVA	VTHR +0.06 points	0.01%	0.07%
Kimberly Clark CorpKMB	SPTM +0.06 points	0.10%	0.04%
Applovin Corp Class AAPP	SPTM +0.05 points	0.15%	0.10%
Tesla IncTSLA	SPTM +0.06 points	1.47%	1.41%
Intl Business Machines CorpIBM	SPTM +0.06 points	0.34%	0.28%
Amgen IncAMGN	SPTM +0.05 points	0.36%	0.31%
Ge Vernova IncGEV	VTHR +0.05 points	0.30%	0.35%
General ElectricGE	SPTM +0.05 points	0.49%	0.44%
S+p Global IncSPGI	SPTM +0.05 points	0.21%	0.16%
Pepsico IncPEP	SPTM +0.04 points	0.28%	0.24%
Linde PLCLIN	SPTM +0.04 points	0.34%	0.30%
Nextera Energy IncNEE	SPTM +0.04 points	0.26%	0.21%
Gilead Sciences IncGILD	SPTM +0.05 points	0.30%	0.25%
Walt Disney Co/TheDIS	SPTM +0.04 points	0.29%	0.25%
Philip Morris InternationalPM	SPTM +0.04 points	0.45%	0.41%
Corning IncGLW	VTHR +0.05 points	0.12%	0.17%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	VTHR +0.04 points	0.54%	0.58%
Lowe’s Cos IncLOW	SPTM +0.04 points	0.18%	0.14%
Medtronic PLCMDT	SPTM +0.04 points	0.19%	0.15%
Mckesson CorpMCK	SPTM +0.04 points	0.18%	0.14%
Abbott LaboratoriesABT	SPTM +0.04 points	0.27%	0.23%
Fortinet IncFTNT	VTHR +0.04 points	0.11%	0.15%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc ACRWD	VTHR +0.04 points	0.32%	0.36%
Intuitive Surgical IncISRG	SPTM +0.03 points	0.23%	0.20%
Merck & Co. Inc.MRK	SPTM +0.04 points	0.53%	0.49%
Datadog Inc Class ADDOG	VTHR +0.03 points	0.09%	0.12%
Servicenow IncNOW	VTHR +0.04 points	0.15%	0.19%
Wells Fargo & CoWFC	SPTM +0.04 points	0.37%	0.33%
Stryker CorpSYK	SPTM +0.04 points	0.17%	0.13%
Teradyne IncTER	VTHR +0.04 points	0.05%	0.09%
Eaton Corp PLCETN	VTHR +0.04 points	0.19%	0.23%
PayPal Holdings IncPYPL	SPTM +0.03 points	0.07%	0.04%
Automatic Data ProcessingADP	SPTM +0.04 points	0.18%	0.14%
Thermo Fisher Scientific IncTMO	SPTM +0.04 points	0.38%	0.34%
Lumentum Holdings IncLITE	VTHR +0.03 points	0.07%	0.10%
Intuit IncINTU	SPTM +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
Altria Group IncMO	SPTM +0.04 points	0.19%	0.15%
Palantir Technologies Inc APLTR	VTHR +0.04 points	0.53%	0.57%
Moderna IncMRNA	SPTM +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
Goldman Sachs Group IncGS	SPTM +0.03 points	0.36%	0.33%
Union Pacific CorpUNP	SPTM +0.03 points	0.25%	0.22%
Arista Networks IncANET	VTHR +0.03 points	0.26%	0.29%
Rtx CorpRTX	SPTM +0.03 points	0.37%	0.34%
Royal Caribbean Cruises LtdRCL	SPTM +0.03 points	0.12%	0.09%
Bloom Energy Corp ABE	VTHR +0.03 points	0.07%	0.10%
Welltower IncWELL	SPTM +0.03 points	0.26%	0.23%
Starbucks CorpSBUX	SPTM +0.03 points	0.18%	0.15%
Progressive CorpPGR	SPTM +0.04 points	0.20%	0.16%
Morgan StanleyMS	SPTM +0.03 points	0.32%	0.29%
Chubb LtdCB	SPTM +0.02 points	0.18%	0.15%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings InHLT	SPTM +0.02 points	0.12%	0.10%
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHPE	VTHR +0.03 points	0.09%	0.12%
Cme Group IncCME	SPTM +0.03 points	0.16%	0.13%
BlackRock IncBLK	SPTM +0.03 points	0.25%	0.22%
Regeneron PharmaceuticalsREGN	SPTM +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
Lockheed Martin CorpLMT	SPTM +0.03 points	0.17%	0.14%
Duke Energy CorpDUK	SPTM +0.03 points	0.15%	0.12%
Comfort Systems Usa IncFIX	VTHR +0.03 points	0.05%	0.08%
ConocophillipsCOP	SPTM +0.03 points	0.24%	0.21%
Waste Management IncWM	SPTM +0.03 points	0.13%	0.10%
Marsh & Mclennan CosMRSH	SPTM +0.03 points	0.14%	0.11%
Marriott International Class AMAR	SPTM +0.02 points	0.13%	0.11%
3M CoMMM	SPTM +0.02 points	0.14%	0.12%

All 1,510 SPTM holdings⁠All 2,984 VTHR 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.

SPTM vs VTHR Cost

Overpaying VTHR vs SPTM

$632

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

SPTM 0.03%
$638
VTHR 0.06%
$1,270

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

SPTM 0.03%
VTHR 0.06%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	SPTM	VTHR	Overpaying
10	$55	$110	$55
20	$216	$432	$216
30	$638	$1,270	$632

Expense ratio

0.03%SPTM, cheaper
0.06%VTHR

SPTM0.03%VTHR0.06%

0.02%0.25%

Middle half of Total US Market funds
Median 0.04%

SPTM 2nd cheapest of 10 funds

VTHR 6th cheapest of 10 funds

SPTM vs VTHR Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): SPTM 1.07%, better; VTHR 1.04%
Payout (12M): SPTM $0.98; VTHR $3.47
Last payment: SPTM $0.25; VTHR $0.88
Ex-dividend: SPTM Sep 21, 2026; VTHR Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: SPTM Sep 23, 2026; VTHR Sep 25, 2026
Frequency: SPTM Quarterly; VTHR Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

SPTMQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll SPTM payments⁠

VTHRQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VTHR payments⁠

SPTM vs VTHR Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

SPTM
VTHR

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: SPTM 12.3%, betterVTHR 12.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: SPTM 1.39, betterVTHR 1.37
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: SPTM −24.2%, betterVTHR −25.1%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: SPTM 1.01VTHR 1.02; Market = 1

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SPTM vs VTHR

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How SPTM and VTHR differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in SPTM

Only in VTHR

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

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How SPTM and VTHR differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in SPTM

Only in VTHR

Weight gaps