VT vs VTI

Name: VT vs VTI: holdings overlap, returns and correlation
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VT and VTI overlap by 61.0% of their weight, in the 1,496 companies both hold, by VT's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31 and VTI's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-06-30.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF against Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF.

Edited by VoidLab Data through 2026-10-28 Last revised 2026-10-15

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Overlap

61.0%

1496 companies in both

about half the same weight

Correlation

0.97

weekly returns, 3 years

almost always in step

Cheaper

VTI

0.03% against 0.06%

Higher, 3 years

VTI

82.9% against 77.4%

Fell less

-14.1% against -17.4%

The short answer

VTI is inside VT almost in full, 98.1% of its weight, and VT is 38.4% something else: Taiwan Semiconductor, Samsung, ASML, Tencent and the other companies not listed in the US.

The two funds

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Last close, 2026-10-28: $158.29 +0.38%
Cost per year: 0.06%
Return, 1 year: 14.5%higher
Return, 3 years: 77.4%
Worst fall, 3 years: -14.1%shallower
Volatility: 13.3%calmer
Positions: 10008
Top 10 weight: 21.5%

VTI

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Last close, 2026-10-28: $379.17 +0.33%
Cost per year: 0.03%cheaper
Return, 1 year: 14.3%
Return, 3 years: 82.9%higher
Worst fall, 3 years: -17.4%
Volatility: 14.0%
Positions: 3483
Top 10 weight: 32.0%

VT and VTI, prices through 2026-10-28. How the badges are decided.

Holdings overlap

61.0%

1496 companies sit in both funds. That is 61.6% of VT's own weight and 98.1% of VTI's.

Side by side

Cost per yearlower is better

VT0.06%

VTI0.03%

Return, 1 yearhigher is better

VT14.5%

VTI14.3%

Return, 3 yearshigher is better

VT77.4%

VTI82.9%

Worst fall, 3 yearsshallower is better

VT-14.1%

VTI-17.4%

Volatilitycalmer is better

VT13.3%

VTI14%

Top 10 weight

VT21.5%

VTI32%

VT against VTI, each pair of bars on a shared scale, prices through 2026-10-28.

VT weight also held by VTI61.6%

VTI weight also held by VT98.1%

VT from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 31 Jul 2026, VTI from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 30 Jun 2026

Each bar is one whole fund, cut at the share it holds in common with the other. 61.0% of their weight is held in common, in the 1496 companies both own.

What the numbers say

VT is VTI plus the rest of the world

Of VTI's weight, 98.1% is in companies VT also holds; the 1.9% left over is 1987 microcaps that VT's index does not reach. Of VT's weight, 61.6% is the US market and 38.4% is everything else. The overlap of 61.0% by weight is the US share of the world fund, measured after each US company is scaled down to make room for the foreign ones.

What the 8512 foreign companies are

Taiwan Semiconductor is the largest position VT holds that VTI cannot, followed by Samsung Electronics, ASML, SK hynix, Tencent, HSBC, Santander and Novartis. None of them is small, and together with the rest of the unshared names they make VT a 10008-position fund against 3483 for VTI, with 21.5% in its top ten against 32.0%.

Which returned more, and which fell less

Over five years the US alone returned more, 67.7% against 60.4%, and over three years the two were nearly level, 82.9% against 77.4%. Over the past year VT led at 14.5% against 14.3%, and its worst fall of -14.1% was shallower than VTI's -17.4%, with volatility of 13.3% against 14.0%.

Two funds that move as one, most weeks

Weekly returns correlated at 0.97 over three years and 0.97 over five, because the US is most of VT. Owning both raises the US weight above VT's own and leaves the foreign share below it; owning VT alone fixes it at the world's market weight.

Where they hold the same companies

Measure	Value
Overlap by weight	61.0%
Share of VT held in common with VTI	61.6%
Share of VTI held in common with VT	98.1%
Companies in both	1496
Positions in VT / VTI	10008 / 3483

VT holdings from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31, filed 2026-09-28; VTI holdings from its SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-28.

Largest positions held by both

Rank	Company	In VT	In VTI	Overlap
1	NVDA Nvidia	4.06%	6.36%	4.06%
2	AAPL Apple	3.87%	5.87%	3.87%
3	MSFT Microsoft	2.99%	3.83%	2.99%
4	AMZN Amazon	2.28%	3.19%	2.28%
5	GOOGL Alphabet Class A	1.83%	2.9%	1.83%
6	AVGO Broadcom	1.57%	2.47%	1.57%
7	GOOG Alphabet Class C	1.44%	2.28%	1.44%
8	META Meta Platforms	1.06%	1.71%	1.06%
9	JPM JPMorgan Chase	0.81%	1.12%	0.81%
10	MU Micron Technology	0.8%	1.8%	0.8%
11	LLY Eli Lilly	0.79%	1.4%	0.79%
12	TSLA Tesla	0.79%	1.64%	0.79%
13	BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway	0.72%	1.24%	0.72%
14	AMD Advanced Micro Devices	0.67%	1.31%	0.67%
15	XOM ExxonMobil	0.56%	0.78%	0.56%

Held by only one of them

In VT only	Weight	In VTI only	Weight
2330.TW Taiwan Semiconductor Manufac	1.56%	AAOI Applied Optoelectronics	0.02%
005930.KR Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	0.7%	AGX Argan	0.01%
ASML.NL ASML Holding NV	0.55%	BLD	0.01%
000660.KR SK Hynix Inc	0.55%	GTLS	0.01%
700.HK Tencent Holdings Ltd	0.33%	POWL Powell Industries	0.01%
HSBA.GB HSBC Holdings PLC	0.32%	APGE	0.01%
NOVN.CH Novartis AG	0.25%	MYRG MYR Group	0.01%
RY Royal Bank Of Canada	0.25%	KGS Kodiak Gas Services	0.01%
9988.HK Alibaba Group Holding Ltd	0.24%	FPS Forgent Power Solutions	0.01%
ROP.CH Roche Holding AG	0.24%	ACMR ACM Research	0.01%

Covariance and correlation

Covariance, annualised (%²)

	VT	VTI
VT	177	179.4
VTI	179.4	196

Percent squared per year, three years of weekly returns

Correlation, 3 years

	VT	VTI
VT	1.00	0.97almost always in step
VTI	0.97almost always in step	1.00

Weekly total returns, what the bands mean

Check it: 179.4 divided by (13.3 × 14.0) is 0.96, the correlation in the second matrix.

One year, side by side

VT 116 VTI 116

2025-11-072026-10-30

Both rebased to 100 a year ago, weekly closes.

Cost, returns and risk

Measure	VT	VTI
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.03%
Dividend yield	1.53%	1.06%
Total return, 1 year	14.5%	14.3%
Total return, 3 years cumulative	77.4%	82.9%
Total return, 5 years cumulative	60.4%	67.7%
Volatility, annualised on 3 years of weekly returns	13.3%	14.0%
Worst fall in 3 years, peak to trough, weekly closes	-14.1%	-17.4%
Beta against the S&P 500	0.92	1.01
Positions held	10008	3483
Weight in the ten largest positions	21.5%	32.0%
Weight in the single largest position	4.1%	6.4%
Assets (Vanguard: whole fund, all share classes)	$101.2B	$2.32T

Prices through 2026-10-28. The positions and the weights of the largest positions are from VT's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-07-31 and VTI's SEC Form N-PORT for the period ended 2026-06-30.

Year by year

Year	VT	VTI
2026	13.2%	14.1%
2025	22.4%	17.1%
2024	16.5%	23.8%
2023	22.0%	26.0%
2022	-18.0%	-19.5%

Do they move together

Window	Correlation of weekly returns
1 year	0.96
3 years	0.97
5 years	0.97

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