Get the weekly note

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

FTEC vs VT: how they differ

FTEC and VT hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and FTEC returned more over the year.

Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF and Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTEC and VT hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTEC and VT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTECVT
NVIDIA Corp18.00%4.22%
Apple Inc14.38%3.53%
Microsoft Corp9.54%2.73%
Broadcom Inc5.01%1.74%
Micron Technology Inc2.64%0.52%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc2.60%0.52%
Intel Corp1.99%0.38%
Cisco Systems Inc1.66%0.33%
Lam Research Corp1.49%0.29%
Applied Materials Inc1.45%0.28%
Palantir Technologies Inc1.40%0.27%
Oracle Corp1.22%0.24%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in FTECOnly in VT
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.76%Amazon.com Inc 2.29%
Accenture PLC 0.53%Alphabet Inc 2.04%
NXP Semiconductors NV 0.40%Alphabet Inc 1.61%
TE Connectivity PLC 0.34%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 1.52%
Flex Ltd 0.25%Meta Platforms Inc 1.21%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.21%Tesla Inc 0.97%
Fabrinet 0.21%JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.72%
Applied Optoelectronics Inc 0.15%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.69%

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 Apr 30, 2026.

FTEC and VT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTEC
Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF
VT
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerFidelityVanguard
What it isMSCI Information TechnologyTotal World Stock
Total return, 1 year+35.7%+18.9%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+18.2 pts+1.4 pts
Expense ratio0.08%0.06%
Already in the S&P 50086.2%55.2%
Holdings28210042

FTEC in plain words

FTEC is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Information Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 58.8%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VT in plain words

VT is an index equity fund tracking the Total World Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +18.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10042 positions, with the top ten at 21.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTEC or VT?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTEC returned +35.7% and VT returned +18.9%, so FTEC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, FTEC or VT?
FTEC charges 0.08% a year and VT charges 0.06%, so VT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTEC and VT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of FTEC and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 20% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Other comparisons

Where to next

Where these figures came from

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.

FTEC against VT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTEC against VT, data as of Sep 12, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/FTEC-VT Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

A comparison is not a recommendation. Standards and sources