Which returned more over the last year, VTI or VUG?

In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VTI returned +20.0% and VUG returned +14.9%, so VTI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VTI or VUG?

VTI charges 0.03% a year and VUG charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VTI and VUG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 88% of VTI and 97% of VUG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

VTI vs VUG

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Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Growth Index Fund.

VTI and VUG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund	VUG Vanguard Growth Index Fund
Where it sits	Core fund	Core fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	US total market	US growth
Total return, 1 year	+20.0%	+14.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+20.0%	+20.0%
Gap to the S&P 500	+0.0 pts	−5.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Already in the S&P 500	88.3%	97.4%
Holdings	3531	147

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%.

VUG in plain words

VUG is a index equity fund tracking US growth. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +14.9% 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, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 147 positions, with the top ten at 60.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VTI or VUG?: In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VTI returned +20.0% and VUG returned +14.9%, so VTI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VTI or VUG?: VTI charges 0.03% a year and VUG charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VTI and VUG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 88% of VTI and 97% of VUG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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