Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
TAN vs VTI
Invesco Solar ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, TAN and VTI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | TAN | VTI |
|---|---|---|
| First Solar, Inc. | 11.74% | 0.03% |
| Nextpower Inc. | 9.81% | 0.02% |
| Enphase Energy, Inc. | 8.75% | 0.01% |
| HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, I | 3.46% | 0.01% |
| Clearway Energy, Inc. | 2.51% | 0.01% |
| Sunrun Inc. | 4.83% | 0.00% |
| Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. | 3.38% | 0.00% |
| Array Technologies, Inc. | 2.42% | 0.00% |
| Only in TAN | Only in VTI |
|---|---|
| Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. 7.58% | NVIDIA Corp 6.37% |
| SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. 6.32% | Apple Inc 5.88% |
| Doral Group Renewable Energy Resources L 5.09% | Microsoft Corp 3.84% |
| O.Y. Nofar Energy Ltd. 4.21% | Amazon.com Inc 3.19% |
| Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente, S.A. 3.07% | Alphabet Inc 2.90% |
| GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. 3.00% | Broadcom Inc 2.48% |
| Energix Renewable Energies Ltd. 2.69% | Alphabet Inc 2.29% |
| Grenergy Renovables S.A. 2.25% | Micron Technology Inc 1.80% |
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.
| TAN Invesco Solar ETF | VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Themes desk | Core fund |
| Issuer | Invesco | Vanguard |
| What it is | Clean energy | US total market |
| Total return, 1 year | +14.3% | +20.0% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −5.6 pts | +0.0 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.70% | 0.03% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 11.7% | 88.3% |
| Holdings | 31 | 3531 |
TAN in plain words
By weight, 12% of TAN's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 65% of the fund across 31 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +14.3% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.6 pts. It sits 60.4% below its all-time high of Feb 9, 2021.
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, TAN or VTI?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TAN returned +14.3% and VTI returned +20.0%, so VTI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, TAN or VTI?
- TAN charges 0.70% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do TAN and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 12% of TAN and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
- Are TAN and VTI the same kind of fund?
- No. TAN is a thematic 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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