VT vs VTI: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VTANYSE Arca

Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

VTIANYSE Arca

Overlap

61.2%by weight

Expense ratio

VTI −0.03pt a year

VT0.06%VTI0.03%

Avg volume · 30D

VTI 1.2×the volume

VT2.6MVTI3.09M

10Y return · a year

VTI +2.5pt

VT+12.3%VTI+14.8%

VT vs VTI Performance

Oct 22, 2021 – Oct 23, 2026

+61.4%VT+70.6%VTI

Expense ratio: VT 0.06%; VTI 0.03%, better
Fund size: VT $101B; VTI $2.3T
1Y total return: VT +13.7%; VTI +14.0%, better
Yield (12M): VT 1.55%, better; VTI 1.06%
Holdings: VT 10187; VTI 3502
Avg volume (30D): VT 2.6M sh; VTI 3.09M sh, better
NAV per share: VT $155.74; VTI $373.04
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for VT, VTI, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	VT	VTI
Cost30% weight	A88	A75
Mission25% weight	A100	A100
Risk15% weight	C46	C49
Tradability15% weight	B58	B59
Holdings10% weight	C48	B58
Durability5% weight	A83	A87

Where each fund ranks

How we build Categories ›

Different Categories. Their Grades do not compare head to head.

MSCI ACWI / World⁠

Category · 6 funds

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

Rank 1AVTVanguard Total World Stock ETFScore 75
Rank 2ASPGMState Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETFScore 71

Total US Market⁠

Category · 11 funds

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VTI ranks 4th of 11 funds in the Total US Market Category.

Rank 1AITOTiShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETFScore 77
Rank 2ASCHBSchwab U.S. Broad Market ETFScore 76
Rank 3ASPTMState Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETFScore 74
Rank 4AVTIVanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFScore 73
Rank 5ABBUSJPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETFScore 71

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

VTAVanguard Total World Stock ETF

VTIAVanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

In short

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.

VTI The whole US stock market in one ticker: roughly 3,600 names, from mega caps down to micro caps, for three basis points. Vanguard has run this portfolio in ETF form since 2001, and it's grown into one of the largest funds anywhere.

Stated mandate

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.

VTI The fund aims to replicate the performance of a benchmark index that covers the entire U.S. stock market.

Why people hold it

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.

VTI Costs 0.03% a year, half the 0.06% typical for its total-market peers.
About 3,600 holdings, so the small and micro caps an S&P 500 fund leaves out are already in the mix.vanguard.com
Tracks its total-market benchmark very closely and trades heavily, and it sits among the strongest implementations in its peer group.
The ETF is a share class of Vanguard's Total Stock Market Index Fund, sharing one portfolio with the mutual fund rather than running a separate copy.sec.gov

Worth knowing

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
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.

VTI Market-cap weighted, so the biggest US companies drive the result and the thousands of small names at the bottom carry little weight.vanguard.com
All US, by design. Nothing outside the country comes with it.
ITOT and SCHB match the 0.03% fee and BBUS runs 0.02%, so rivals deliver similar whole-market exposure for the same or less.

Full VT profile⁠

Full VTI profile⁠

VT vs VTI Holdings

Overlap

61.2%by weight

Only VT: 8,669; of 10,158
In both: 1,489; holdings
Only VTI: 2,006; of 3,495

Holdings side by side

Top 10 holdings by combined weight
Holding	VT	VTI
NVDANVIDIA Corp	4.54%	7.14%
AAPLApple Inc	4.11%	6.63%
MSFTMicrosoft Corp	3.25%	5.20%
AMZNAmazon.com Inc	2.06%	3.30%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc	1.73%	2.76%
AVGOBroadcom Inc	1.39%	2.28%
METAMeta Platforms Inc	1.36%	2.18%
GOOGAlphabet Inc	1.36%	2.18%
MUMicron Technology Inc	1.02%	1.64%
TSLATesla Inc	0.88%	1.37%

All 9,773 VT holdings⁠All 3,598 VTI holdings⁠

Sectors

VTVTI

TechnologyVT —VTI 38.1%
FinancialsVT —VTI 11.5%
Health CareVT —VTI 10.0%
CommunicationVT —VTI 9.2%
IndustrialsVT —VTI 8.8%
Consumer DiscretionaryVT —VTI 8.7%
Consumer StaplesVT —VTI 4.2%
EnergyVT —VTI 3.6%
Real EstateVT —VTI 2.2%
UtilitiesVT —VTI 1.9%
MaterialsVT —VTI 1.8%

VT vs VTI Cost

Expense ratio

0.06%VT
0.03%VTI, cheaper

Different Categories, so each fee sits in its own Category’s range.

VT among 6 MSCI ACWI / World funds

VT0.06%

0.06%0.50%

Middle half of MSCI ACWI / World funds
Median 0.26%

VT cheapest of 6 funds

VTI among 11 Total US Market funds

VTI0.03%

0.02%0.25%

Middle half of Total US Market funds
Median 0.06%

VTI 2nd cheapest of 11 funds

$632less in fees with VTI over 30 years, on $10,000 invested

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

VT vs VTI Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 23, 2026

Yield (12M): VT 1.55%, better; VTI 1.06%
Payout (12M): VT $2.41; VTI $3.95
Last payment: VT $0.41; VTI $0.96
Ex-dividend: VT Sep 18, 2026; VTI Sep 28, 2026
Paid on: VT Sep 22, 2026; VTI Sep 30, 2026
Frequency: VT Quarterly; VTI Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

VTQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VT payments⁠

VTIQuarterly · 39 paymentsAll VTI payments⁠

VT vs VTI Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: VT 11.7%, betterVTI 12.9%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: VT 1.35, betterVTI 1.30
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: VT −26.4%VTI −25.4%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: VT 0.93VTI 1.02; Market = 1

VT and VTI in the news

All news⁠

Head-to-Head
Own the world's stocks with VT, or only the United States with VTI
Oct 23, 2026VTVTI
Head-to-Head
Take VTI over VOO unless you already own the rest of the market
Oct 23, 2026VTI
Deep Dive
VTI tracks the total U.S. stock market - large caps are 69.8% of it
Oct 22, 2026VTI
Head-to-Head
VTI or VOO is a choice of market, not a choice of fee
Oct 15, 2026VTI
Price vs Value
Vanguard showed a 1.94% discount on an energy fund that closed two cents above its value
Oct 4, 2026VTI
Best ETFs
The cheap S&P 500 funds tied this year. Equal weight did not.
Updated Oct 2, 2026VTI

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