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

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VT vs VXF: how they differ

VT and VXF hold 6% of their weight in the same names, and VT returned more over the year.

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VT and VXF hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VT and VXF both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingVTVXF
Cloudflare Inc0.06%0.92%
Bloom Energy Corp0.06%0.93%
Cheniere Energy Inc0.05%0.59%
Ferguson Enterprises Inc0.05%0.54%
Strategy Inc0.05%0.34%
Snowflake Inc0.04%1.03%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc0.04%0.47%
Rocket Lab Corp0.04%0.61%
ROBLOX Corp0.03%0.43%
Coreweave Inc0.03%0.31%
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc0.03%0.36%
TechnipFMC PLC0.03%0.31%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VTOnly in VXF
NVIDIA Corp 4.22%Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%
Apple Inc 3.53%Medline Inc 0.19%
Microsoft Corp 2.73%Applied Optoelectronics Inc 0.13%
Amazon.com Inc 2.29%Argan Inc 0.13%
Alphabet Inc 2.04%Powell Industries Inc 0.10%
Broadcom Inc 1.74%MYR Group Inc 0.09%
Alphabet Inc 1.61%Cerebras Systems Inc 0.09%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 1.52%Apogee Therapeutics Inc 0.09%

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 and Jun 30, 2026.

VT and VXF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
VT
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund
VXF
Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerVanguardVanguard
What it isTotal World StockExtended Market
Total return, 1 year+18.9%+14.1%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+1.4 pts−3.4 pts
Expense ratio0.06%0.05%
Already in the S&P 50055.2%0.0%
Holdings100423365

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%.

VXF in plain words

VXF is an index equity fund tracking the Extended Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3365 positions, with the top ten at 7.6%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VT or VXF?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VT returned +18.9% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VT or VXF?
VT charges 0.06% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VT and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 55% of VT and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 6% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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