{
  "id": 9338504,
  "title": "Broad-Market ETF Showdown: Do These Extra Stocks Really Move the Needle for VTI?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/broad-market-etf-showdown-do-these-extra-stocks-really-move-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-23T12:35:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/coverage/etfs/2026/09/23/vanguard-vti-vs-state-street-sptm-etf-comparison/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Broad-Market ETF Showdown: Do These Extra Stocks Really Move the Needle for VTI?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/broad-market-etf-showdown-do-these-extra-stocks-really-move-the-9339632",
        "published": "2026-09-23T12:55:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}