Broad-Market ETF Showdown: Do These Extra Stocks Really Move the Needle for VTI?
Both charge 0.03% annually, but VTI holds 3,598 stocks versus SPTM's 1,509—a key tradeoff between breadth and focus for core market exposure.
State Street's S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF (SPTM) and Vanguard's Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) share the same expense ratio. However, they differ in breadth - SPTM focuses on 1,500 stocks while VTI offers exposure to over 3,500 holdings. Both ETFs are essential tools for investing in U.S. equities. SPTM follows the S&P Composite 1500 Index, which includes about 90% of the investable market.
VTI, on the other hand, tracks the CRSP US Total Market Index, aiming for near 100% coverage. VTI is the larger of the two, managing $2.3 trillion in assets under management (AUM), compared to SPTM's $14 billion. The beta, a measure of price volatility relative to the S&P 500, is calculated from monthly returns over the fund's history.
The 1-year return represents the total return over the past year. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield.
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