Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
ISPY vs VTI
ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and VTI hold 82% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | ISPY | VTI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 7.07% | 6.37% |
| Apple, Inc. | 6.31% | 5.88% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 4.60% | 3.84% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.64% | 3.19% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 3.05% | 2.90% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.92% | 2.48% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 2.42% | 2.29% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.91% | 1.71% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 1.69% | 1.64% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.50% | 1.80% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.21% | 1.41% |
| Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | 1.20% | 1.25% |
| Only in ISPY | Only in VTI |
|---|---|
| ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 10.56% | Marvell Technology Inc 0.37% |
| Linde plc 0.32% | Linde PLC 0.33% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings plc 0.26% | Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.30% |
| Eaton Corp. plc 0.21% | Eaton Corp PLC 0.23% |
| Honeywell International, Inc. 0.21% | Chubb Ltd 0.17% |
| Accenture plc 0.16% | Trane Technologies PLC 0.15% |
| Chubb Ltd. 0.16% | Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.14% |
| Trane Technologies plc 0.14% | Medtronic PLC 0.14% |
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 as filed for Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
| ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF | VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Income desk | Core fund |
| Issuer | ProShares | Vanguard |
| What it is | covered call, vs SPY | US total market |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.9% | +20.0% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −3.1 pts | +0.0 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 5.7% | not an income fund |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.03% |
| Holdings | n/a | 3531 |
ISPY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 5.8%, paid monthly.
VTI in plain words
VTI is a index equity fund tracking US total market. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% 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, ISPY or VTI?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ISPY returned +16.9% and VTI returned +20.0%, so VTI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Are ISPY and VTI the same kind of fund?
- No. ISPY is an option-income ETF and VTI is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.
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