Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
AVUS vs VTI: how they differ
AVUS and VTI hold 74% of their weight in the same names, and AVUS returned more over the year.
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and VTI hold 74% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | AVUS | VTI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 5.49% | 6.37% |
| Apple Inc | 5.37% | 5.88% |
| Microsoft Corp | 3.85% | 3.84% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.68% | 3.19% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.42% | 2.90% |
| Alphabet Inc | 1.94% | 2.29% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 2.40% | 1.80% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.21% | 1.71% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.18% | 2.48% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.20% | 1.12% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 0.84% | 1.41% |
| Tesla Inc | 0.80% | 1.64% |
| Only in AVUS | Only in VTI |
|---|---|
| Honeywell International Inc 0.14% | Philip Morris International Inc 0.39% |
| MercadoLibre Inc 0.11% | Welltower Inc 0.22% |
| Autoliv Inc 0.05% | Prologis Inc 0.17% |
| NXP Semiconductors NV 0.05% | Altria Group Inc 0.17% |
| Masimo Corp 0.04% | Equinix Inc 0.14% |
| Coupang Inc 0.04% | Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.14% |
| Royalty Pharma PLC 0.04% | American Tower Corp 0.11% |
| Viking Holdings Ltd 0.03% | Honeywell International Inc 0.10% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
| AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF | VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Avantis | Vanguard |
| What it is | U.S. Equity | US total market |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.6% | +17.2% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +4.1 pts | −0.3 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.15% | 0.03% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 84.4% | 88.3% |
| Holdings | 1875 | 3531 |
AVUS in plain words
AVUS is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Equity. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1875 positions, with the top ten at 29.7%.
VTI in plain words
VTI is an index equity fund tracking the US total market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3531 positions, with the top ten at 32.1%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or VTI?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +21.6% and VTI returned +17.2%, so AVUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, AVUS or VTI?
- AVUS charges 0.15% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do AVUS and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVUS and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 74% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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