VOO Our Pick vs VTI
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares
Buy VOO if…
- •You prioritize historical performance
Buy VTI if…
- •you like the idea of owning "everything"
VOO
VTI
Type
ETF
ETF
Issuer
Vanguard
Vanguard
Holdings
503
3,336
Index
S&P 500
—
AUM
$823B
$567B
Inception
2010
2001
Key Metrics
Expense Ratio
0.03%
0.03%
Dividend Yield
+1.15%
+1.14%
Daily Liquidity
7.42M
3.93M
Risk (β)
1.00
1.04
Cost Calculator
$
%
VOO Fees
$0
VTI Fees
$0
Annualized Returns
YTD
+17.68%
+16.92%
1 Year
+14.33%
+12.93%
3 Years
+20.49%
+19.70%
5 Years
+14.87%
+13.73%
10 Years
+14.56%
+13.98%
Top 10 Holdings
NVIDIA Corporation
8.46%
NVIDIA Corporation
7.13%
Apple Inc
6.87%
Apple Inc
6.12%
Microsoft Corporation
6.59%
Microsoft Corporation
5.87%
Amazon.com Inc
4.06%
Amazon.com Inc
3.58%
Broadcom Inc
2.98%
Broadcom Inc
2.65%
Alphabet Inc Class A
2.80%
Alphabet Inc Class A
2.50%
Meta Platforms Inc.
2.41%
Meta Platforms Inc.
2.15%
Alphabet Inc Class C
2.25%
Alphabet Inc Class C
1.99%
Tesla Inc
2.19%
Tesla Inc
1.91%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
1.50%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
1.31%
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Vanguard Classics
VOO and VTI are both Vanguard index ETFs, but they track different slices of the market. VOO follows the S&P 500, so you're getting the 500 largest US companies — think Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, the usual suspects. VTI goes wider and tracks the total US stock market, which means you get those same big names plus mid-caps and small-caps, around 3,600+ stocks total. In practice though, both are heavily weighted toward constantly growing their share large-caps, so their performance is pretty similar.
It becomes a bit of a philosophical question: how much diversification is enough?
Most people settle on the "500 stocks" answer, but honestly, you can't go wrong with either option.
Jan Klosowski
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Sector Breakdown
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